World in focus - best photos for January 22, 2021

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

A man pulls a child sitting in a box on a frozen river in Beijing. AFP

Flowers in a field at the Sa Dec flower village in southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta region. AFP

Members of the Emergency Services, wearing face mask coverings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work to evacuate Care Home residents and workers after they became stranded by flood water, in Northwich, northwest England. AFP

An employee wearing a protective face mask inspects mining rigs mining the Ethereum and Zilliqa cryptocurrencies at the Evobits crypto farm in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Bloomberg

Supporters of Islamic political party Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam hold party flags and a Turkish and Pakistani flag as they shout slogans during a protest against Israel in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA

People watch the sunrise in Tynemouth, England. PA via AP

German Johannes Kuehn trains at the shooting range prior to compete in the IBU Biathlon World Cup Men's 20 km Individual Competition in Antholz-Anterselva, Italian Alps. AFP

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