Best photos of January 27: Cooking competition in Lyon to New Year celebrations in Java

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  TOPSHOT - US chef Stefani De Palma competes in the 2025 Bocuse d’Or cooking competition at the SIRHA (Salon International de la Restauration, de l’Hotellerie et de l’Alimentation) at the Eurexpo exhibition hall in Chassieu, near Lyon, central-eastern France, on January 26, 2025. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)

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  Primate expert and conservationist Jane Goodall at Expo City Dubai for the launch of the Jane Goodall Pollinator Garden project. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  A flower laid on a memorial at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. AP

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  A mannequin dressed in military uniform used as a decoy during the war between Hezbollah and Israel, at Kibbutz Manara, on the Israeli border with Lebanon. AP

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  Clearing rubbish from the Citarum river in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. AFP

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  Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza, following the ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war. Reuters

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  Greek police detain a protester at a demonstration demanding justice for victims of the Tempe train crash that killed at least 57 people in 2023, outside Parliament at Syntagma Square in Athens. EPA

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  A street performance during the Grebeg Sudiro festival, part of Chinese New Year celebrations, in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. AFP