• Murchison, a Rothschild giraffe, less than a month old, leaves the Giraffe House at Chester Zoo in Chester, north-west England for the first time. Despite the best efforts of the keepers the calf has been reluctant to step into the outdoors until today. The zoo celebrated the birth of a rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, whose number has dwindled to fewer than 1,600 in its native Kenya and Uganda on Boxing Day last year. Paul Ellis / AFP
    Murchison, a Rothschild giraffe, less than a month old, leaves the Giraffe House at Chester Zoo in Chester, north-west England for the first time. Despite the best efforts of the keepers the calf has been reluctant to step into the outdoors until today. The zoo celebrated the birth of a rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, whose number has dwindled to fewer than 1,600 in its native Kenya and Uganda on Boxing Day last year. Paul Ellis / AFP
  • Horses graze in temperatures under the freezing point on a frost-covered meadow in Hackenbroich, Germany. Federico Gambarini / dpa via AP
    Horses graze in temperatures under the freezing point on a frost-covered meadow in Hackenbroich, Germany. Federico Gambarini / dpa via AP
  • People watch a large fire at Senen market from the roof of a nearby shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
    People watch a large fire at Senen market from the roof of a nearby shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
  • The US Capitol dome is reflected in a pool of water on a chair as workers continue set up and clean up after rain fell two days before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in Washington DC. EPA
    The US Capitol dome is reflected in a pool of water on a chair as workers continue set up and clean up after rain fell two days before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in Washington DC. EPA
  • An elderly Yemeni stands at a market in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    An elderly Yemeni stands at a market in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • A picture taken through the windshield of a Humvee shows Iraqis walking in dust while a convoy of armoured vehicles passes them in eastern Mosul. Iraqi forces have fully retaken east Mosul from ISIL, a top commander said, three months after a huge offensive against the extremist group was launched. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP
    A picture taken through the windshield of a Humvee shows Iraqis walking in dust while a convoy of armoured vehicles passes them in eastern Mosul. Iraqi forces have fully retaken east Mosul from ISIL, a top commander said, three months after a huge offensive against the extremist group was launched. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP
  • A Russian man takes an icy bath while celebrating the Epiphany church holiday in the village Ostrov Moscow region, Russia. People enter in blessed water of a local river or lake imitating baptising in Jordan river. EPA
    A Russian man takes an icy bath while celebrating the Epiphany church holiday in the village Ostrov Moscow region, Russia. People enter in blessed water of a local river or lake imitating baptising in Jordan river. EPA
  • Guinea-Bissau’s forward Frederic Mendy, right, challenges Cameroon’s defender Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau at the Stade de l’Amitie Sino-Gabonaise in Libreville. AFP
    Guinea-Bissau’s forward Frederic Mendy, right, challenges Cameroon’s defender Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau at the Stade de l’Amitie Sino-Gabonaise in Libreville. AFP

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World in focus – best photos for January 19, 2017

Fatima Al Marzouqi

January 19, 2017

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Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world today.

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