Best photos of January 25: Ukrainian ballet dancers to Kashmir train trial run

Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre dancers wait backstage to perform the 'Dragon Songs' in Kharkiv, Ukraine. EPA
A spectator watches the junior girls' singles final match between Japan's Wakana Sonobe and USA'S Kristina Penickova at the Australian Open in Melbourne. AFP
Fishermen on a boat haul in their net on the Yangon river amid heavy air pollution in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
Displaced Palestinians who left the southern Gaza Strip where they had taken refuge, run for cover from Israeli fire, northwest of Nuseirat. AFP
Folk dancers get ready to perform a dragon dance ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Taicang, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. AFP
A person holds a dog disguised as the Ekeko, the god of abundance, during the Alasita fair in La Paz, Bolivia. EPA
A helicopter picks up water from Lower Otay Lake to fight the Border Fire in San Diego, California. AFP
The Vande Bharat Express train arrives at Srinagar railway station during a trial run ahead of its inauguration, which will connect the Kashmir Valley with the rest of India, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo / Dar Yasin)

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