Updated: January 29, 2014, 12:00 AM
Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours — January 29
An anti-government protester plays the guitar in front of riot police at the site of clashes in Kiev on January 28, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday accepted the resignation of prime minister Mykola Azarov and his government, said a presidential decree on his website. Konstantin Grishin / Reuters
Residents play computer games at an internet cafe in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on January 28, 2014. Shop owners are taking protective measures, such as sandbagging windows, against rocket and bomb attacks that have recently rocked the city, home to the Shiite group Hizbollah. Hasan Shaaban / Reuters photo
People fish on January 28, 2014, in the Black Sea near Sochi, Russia, where the Olympic Winter Games will take place February 7-23, 2014. Anatoly Maltsev / EPA photo
A person drags a suitcase and child at a railway station in Qingdao, Shandong province, on January 28, 2014, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Year of the Horse begins January 31. About 3.62 billion trips will be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which began January 16, according to the government. China Daily / Reuters photo
A visitor walks out of a new playroom at the Corradino Correctional Facility in Paolo, Malta, on January 28, 2014. The playroom at the country’s main prison facility was set up to allow children to visit their jailed parents in a suitable environment, according to a government official. There are currently 628 inmates — 587 males and 41 females. Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters photo
A Tamil woman prays at a Hindu temple near her home in Colombo before the start of the day on January 29, 2014. Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters photo
Young Joaldunak perform a ritual dance during carnival celebrations in Zubieta, Spain, on January 28, 2014. The bell-carrying dancers from Zubieta and the neighbouring town of Ituren visit each other’s villages to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring. Alongside the dancers, villagers dress in bizarre and frightening costumes to harass and scare visitors. Vincent West / Reuters
Fireman Joe Castello, taking a picture, is silhouetted against fog rising off Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, on January 28, 2014. Chicago — where it was –24C on Tuesday —and other parts of the upper Midwest in the United States were forecast to have a second consecutive day of subzero highs. Jeff Haynes / Reuters photo
Palestinian children play with concrete pipes in Gaza City, on January 28, 2014. Mohammed Abed / AFP photo