• A worker naps on January 28, 2014, in front of steel products at a plant in Seoul. South Korean steelmaker Posco, backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, reported a smaller-than-expected 29 per cent gain in quarterly operating profit as the stronger won and weak demand sapped steel prices. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters photo
    A worker naps on January 28, 2014, in front of steel products at a plant in Seoul. South Korean steelmaker Posco, backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, reported a smaller-than-expected 29 per cent gain in quarterly operating profit as the stronger won and weak demand sapped steel prices. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters photo
  • Passengers wait at Hongqiao train station in Shanghai on January 28, 2014. About 3.62 billion trips will be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which began January 16, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Carlos Barria / Reuters photo
    Passengers wait at Hongqiao train station in Shanghai on January 28, 2014. About 3.62 billion trips will be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which began January 16, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Carlos Barria / Reuters photo
  • Tayyeb Younis, 16, stands on a roadside outside a shopping center on January 27, 2014, hoping to sell his balloons, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP photo
    Tayyeb Younis, 16, stands on a roadside outside a shopping center on January 27, 2014, hoping to sell his balloons, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP photo
  • A Hindu holy man peeps from his tent on January 27, 2014, at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, during the annual Magh Mela fair in Allahabad, India. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during this astronomically auspicious 45-day period. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP photo
    A Hindu holy man peeps from his tent on January 27, 2014, at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, during the annual Magh Mela fair in Allahabad, India. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during this astronomically auspicious 45-day period. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP photo
  • A couple takes pictures in front of blossoming Chinese plum trees in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on January 28, 2014. The Lunar New Year begins on January 31, marking the start of the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac. Daniel Chan / AP photo
    A couple takes pictures in front of blossoming Chinese plum trees in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on January 28, 2014. The Lunar New Year begins on January 31, marking the start of the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac. Daniel Chan / AP photo
  • epa04044897 Horsemen from the Bartabas group perform during the 'Nuit de Chine' (China Night) exhibition held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, 27 January 2014. The Grand Palais hosted the 'Nuit de Chine' to honor 50 years of Franco-Chinese relations, with acrobatics, martial arts, a horse parade and giant illuminations in the landmark building in central Paris. Ian Langsdon / EPA photo
    epa04044897 Horsemen from the Bartabas group perform during the 'Nuit de Chine' (China Night) exhibition held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, 27 January 2014. The Grand Palais hosted the 'Nuit de Chine' to honor 50 years of Franco-Chinese relations, with acrobatics, martial arts, a horse parade and giant illuminations in the landmark building in central Paris. Ian Langsdon / EPA photo
  • A reflection off glass shows Chinese performers dressed as an imperial entourage as they rehearse a recreation of the Sacrifice to Heaven ritual ahead of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, on January 28, 2014. The Year of the Horse begins January 31, 2014. Diego Azubel / EPA photo
    A reflection off glass shows Chinese performers dressed as an imperial entourage as they rehearse a recreation of the Sacrifice to Heaven ritual ahead of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, on January 28, 2014. The Year of the Horse begins January 31, 2014. Diego Azubel / EPA photo
  • Health workers in protective gear wait on January 28, 2014, to enter a Hong Kong wholesale poultry market to do a cull. Authorities began culling 20,000 birds at the facility after poultry from southern mainland China tested positive for the H7N9 virus, the first time it had been found in imported poultry in Hong Kong. Vincent Yu/ AP photo
    Health workers in protective gear wait on January 28, 2014, to enter a Hong Kong wholesale poultry market to do a cull. Authorities began culling 20,000 birds at the facility after poultry from southern mainland China tested positive for the H7N9 virus, the first time it had been found in imported poultry in Hong Kong. Vincent Yu/ AP photo

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Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours — January 28

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January 28, 2014

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