• A young girls eats a snack behind a flower stall at a Chinese New Year flower market in Hong Kong. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival, falls on January 28, 2017, the first day of the Year of the Rooster. Jerome Favre / EPA
    A young girls eats a snack behind a flower stall at a Chinese New Year flower market in Hong Kong. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival, falls on January 28, 2017, the first day of the Year of the Rooster. Jerome Favre / EPA
  • Senegalese ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) soldiers arrive in Banjul as the arrive to secure the Statehouse. West African troops approached the Gambian capital to secure president Adama Barrow’s arrival from neighbouring Senegal, as Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh flew out from the country he ruled for 22 years to cede power to president Adama Barrow and end a political crisis. Carl De Souza / AFP
    Senegalese ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) soldiers arrive in Banjul as the arrive to secure the Statehouse. West African troops approached the Gambian capital to secure president Adama Barrow’s arrival from neighbouring Senegal, as Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh flew out from the country he ruled for 22 years to cede power to president Adama Barrow and end a political crisis. Carl De Souza / AFP
  • Senegalese ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) soldiers arrive in Banjul as the arrive to secure the Statehouse. West African troops approached the Gambian capital to secure president Adama Barrow’s arrival from neighbouring Senegal, as Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh flew out from the country he ruled for 22 years to cede power to president Adama Barrow and end a political crisis. Carl De Souza / AFP
    Senegalese ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) soldiers arrive in Banjul as the arrive to secure the Statehouse. West African troops approached the Gambian capital to secure president Adama Barrow’s arrival from neighbouring Senegal, as Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh flew out from the country he ruled for 22 years to cede power to president Adama Barrow and end a political crisis. Carl De Souza / AFP
  • Soldiers on camels take part in a rehearsal for India’s Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
    Soldiers on camels take part in a rehearsal for India’s Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
  • Passengers queue at the train station as they prepare to travel to their hometowns for the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year at Beijing south Railway Station. The huge movement of Chinese travelling home to spend the Lunar New Year with their families is often described as the world’s largest human migration and overcrowded planes, trains and cars are the norm. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP
    Passengers queue at the train station as they prepare to travel to their hometowns for the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year at Beijing south Railway Station. The huge movement of Chinese travelling home to spend the Lunar New Year with their families is often described as the world’s largest human migration and overcrowded planes, trains and cars are the norm. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP
  • This photo taken with a multiple exposure shows American Serena Williams in action against Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic during round four of the Women’s Singles at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tracey Nearby / EPA
    This photo taken with a multiple exposure shows American Serena Williams in action against Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic during round four of the Women’s Singles at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tracey Nearby / EPA
  • Ashley Wagner performs in an exhibition event during the 2017 US Figure Skating Championships at the Sprint Centre in Kansas City, Missouri. Jamie Squire / Getty Images / AFP
    Ashley Wagner performs in an exhibition event during the 2017 US Figure Skating Championships at the Sprint Centre in Kansas City, Missouri. Jamie Squire / Getty Images / AFP
  • Men soar through the air on a wooden sledge during a traditional Bavarian horn sledge race, known as Schnablerrennen, in Gaissach near Bad Toelz, Germany. Michael Dalder / Reuters
    Men soar through the air on a wooden sledge during a traditional Bavarian horn sledge race, known as Schnablerrennen, in Gaissach near Bad Toelz, Germany. Michael Dalder / Reuters
  • Supporters of the Leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Habib Rizieq shout slogans during a protest outside the police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. More than a thousand supporters staged a protest as Rizieq arrived at the police headquarters for questioning over the allegations of defaming Indonesia’s national symbols. Mast Irham / EPA
    Supporters of the Leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Habib Rizieq shout slogans during a protest outside the police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. More than a thousand supporters staged a protest as Rizieq arrived at the police headquarters for questioning over the allegations of defaming Indonesia’s national symbols. Mast Irham / EPA
  • Austria’s Dominic Thiem stretches for a shot during his Men’s singles fourth round match against Belgium’s David Goffin in the Australian Open. Jason Reed / Reuters
    Austria’s Dominic Thiem stretches for a shot during his Men’s singles fourth round match against Belgium’s David Goffin in the Australian Open. Jason Reed / Reuters
  • A woman walking her dog emerges from the fog on Parsons Green in London. Kevin Coombs / London
    A woman walking her dog emerges from the fog on Parsons Green in London. Kevin Coombs / London

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World in focus – best photos for January 23, 2017

Fatima Al Marzouqi

January 23, 2017

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

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