World in focus - best photos for January 27, 2021

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

Pigeons leave prints on a snow-covered balcony after heavy snowfall in Pristina, Kosovo. AFP

People ride on a subway train in Beijing, China. AP Photo

Security forces watch as road blocks are set up at the Delhi-Haryana state border in Singhu, India. AFP

Dutch police officers patrol the streets of Rotterdam after riots broke out against the imposition of a curfew in the Netherlands. AFP

An employee works to recondition smartphones at the Largo company headquarters in Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire, outside Nantes, France. AFP

Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, spews rocks and gas for another day in Yogyakarta. AFP

A woman sits near doves and gulls in Tokyo, Japan. AP Photo

Rock band Flaming Lips give a socially distanced 'Space Bubble' concert at the Criterion in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US. Reuters

Vehicles drive under the Bahrebachmuehle viaduct on the A4 highway in Chemnitz, Germany. AP Photo

Two skiers pass by traffic signs submerged in thick snow at a car park near La Dole in the Swiss Alps. AFP

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