• Young cricket fans pose for a photo as they dance after play is stopped due to rain at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
    Young cricket fans pose for a photo as they dance after play is stopped due to rain at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
  • A participant tries to control a bull during the annual bull taming 'Jallikattu' festival in Palamedu village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. AFP
    A participant tries to control a bull during the annual bull taming 'Jallikattu' festival in Palamedu village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. AFP
  • A vendor adjusts lanterns at her stall at a market in Beijing ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Rat. AFP
    A vendor adjusts lanterns at her stall at a market in Beijing ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Rat. AFP
  • A man rides his bicycle pass by a collapsed house in Guanica, Puerto Rico. AFP
    A man rides his bicycle pass by a collapsed house in Guanica, Puerto Rico. AFP
  • A man on a boat near a frozen portion of Dal lake after a heavy snowfall in Srinagar, Kashmir. AFP
    A man on a boat near a frozen portion of Dal lake after a heavy snowfall in Srinagar, Kashmir. AFP
  • An electronic screen shows an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a quote from his annual address to the Federal Assembly in St Petersburg, Russia. Reuters
    An electronic screen shows an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a quote from his annual address to the Federal Assembly in St Petersburg, Russia. Reuters
  • Novak Djokovic of Serbia attends a practice session in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. AFP
    Novak Djokovic of Serbia attends a practice session in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. AFP
  • A worker seen in an alley in Beijing. AFP
    A worker seen in an alley in Beijing. AFP
  • Horses rescued by their owners near the erupting Taal Volcano walk around the Taal Lake, in Talisay, Batangas, Philippines. Reuters
    Horses rescued by their owners near the erupting Taal Volcano walk around the Taal Lake, in Talisay, Batangas, Philippines. Reuters
  • Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido prepares to start a plenary session in Caracas. AFP
    Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido prepares to start a plenary session in Caracas. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for January 16, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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