• A man pulls a child sitting in a box on a frozen river in Beijing. AFP
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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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World in focus - best photos for January 22, 2021

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