• Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lits off from Cape Canaveral space station, Florida. Getty Images
    Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lits off from Cape Canaveral space station, Florida. Getty Images
  • A performer wearing a traditional mask poses for a photo with divers performing an underwater dragon dance in the lead up to the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on 29 this year. EPA
    A performer wearing a traditional mask poses for a photo with divers performing an underwater dragon dance in the lead up to the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on 29 this year. EPA
  • A customer shops for new year decorations, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP
    A customer shops for new year decorations, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP
  • Rory McIlroy plays his third shot on the 14th hole, on day one of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Getty Images
    Rory McIlroy plays his third shot on the 14th hole, on day one of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Getty Images
  • A Gazan boy is comforted as he mourns the death of a loved one killed an Israeli strike the previous night, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. AFP
    A Gazan boy is comforted as he mourns the death of a loved one killed an Israeli strike the previous night, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. AFP
  • American Taylor Fritz signs autographs for fans after winning against Cristian Garin of Chile, in the Men's Singles Second Round at the Australian Open, in Melbourne. Getty Images.
    American Taylor Fritz signs autographs for fans after winning against Cristian Garin of Chile, in the Men's Singles Second Round at the Australian Open, in Melbourne. Getty Images.
  • A Houthi-aligned tribesman holds a machine gun during a gathering to show support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and defiance to an Israel and US-led coalition, in the northern outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters
    A Houthi-aligned tribesman holds a machine gun during a gathering to show support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and defiance to an Israel and US-led coalition, in the northern outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters
  • Youths eat lunch on a moored fishing boat in Lhokseudu, Indonesia. AFP
    Youths eat lunch on a moored fishing boat in Lhokseudu, Indonesia. AFP
  • Chinese company BYD launches the Yangwang U9 electric car in Incheon, South Korea. Bloomberg
    Chinese company BYD launches the Yangwang U9 electric car in Incheon, South Korea. Bloomberg
  • Japanese horror writer, novelist, and YouTuber Uketsu, right, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. Uketsu, one of Japan's most widely read authors, remains an enigmatic figure behind a white mask, and no one knows his true identity. EPA
    Japanese horror writer, novelist, and YouTuber Uketsu, right, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. Uketsu, one of Japan's most widely read authors, remains an enigmatic figure behind a white mask, and no one knows his true identity. EPA

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Best photos of January 16: New Glenn rocket launch in Florida to Desert Classic action in Dubai

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January 16, 2025

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