World in focus - best photos for January 19, 2021

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

Lava flows from Mount Merapi as seen from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. AFP

A man holds his surfing board on a beach during a third national Covid-19 lockdown in Ashkelon, Israel. Reuters

Men are reflected in a law enforcement officer's glasses near the statue of Confederate general Robert Lee in Richmond, Virginia, US. Reuters

India's Prithvi Shaw (left) hugs teammate Rishabh Pant to celebrate victory at the end of the fourth cricket Test match between Australia and India at The Gabba in Brisbane. AFP

Painter Jagjot Singh Rubal gives the final touches to a painting depicting US President-elect Joe Biden (second left) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (left) in Amritsar. AFP

Austria's right back Nikola Stevanovic jumps and shoots to score during the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship match between Group E teams Norway and Austria at the 6th of October Sports Hall in 6th of October city, a suburb of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second left) visiting Mamuju, after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island on January 15. AFP

Security forces block migrants who arrived in caravan from Honduras on their way to the United States, in Vado Hondo, Guatemala. AFP

A Unicef learning centre burning down in an arson attack, at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's southeastern district of Cox's Bazar. AFP

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