World in focus - best photos for January 30, 2019

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

Visitors are seen inside a newly opened bookstore in Chongqing, China. Reuters

A man leads his camel for paid rides in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA

An employee walks between seats ahead of the Siemens company's annual shareholder's meeting in the Olympic hall in Munich, southern Germany. AFP

Discoloured Ponyfish are displayed during the Transparent Fish Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AFP

Guizers dressed as Vikings set fire to a longship with burning brands as they take part in the Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands. AFP

People feed seagulls as they stand at the back of Kadikoy ferry crossing the Bosphorus in Istanbul. AFP

Indian soldiers line up to pay homage at Raj Ghat, the memorial for Indian independence icon Mahatama Gandhi, on Martyr's Day, in New Delhi. AFP

A Bangladeshi labourer works in a dockyard beside the Buriganga River in Dhaka. AFP

A lion dance is performed inside and outside an aquarium ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. EPA

Everton's Jordan Pickford makes a save during a match against Huddersfield Town in Huddersfield, England. Reuters

Mount Merapi spews volcanic material as it erupts as seen from Cangkringan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. AP Photo

A pedestrian stops to take a photo by Chicago River, as bitter cold phenomenon called the polar vortex has descended on much of the central and eastern United States. Reuters

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