Best photos of January 31: From robots in China to flamenco fashion in Spain

  • Robots on display at the Spring Festival Science and Technology Temple Fair in Beijing. AFP
    Robots on display at the Spring Festival Science and Technology Temple Fair in Beijing. AFP
  • Students camp at a football stadium in protest over the collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people more than two months ago in Indjija, northern Serbia. AP
    Students camp at a football stadium in protest over the collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people more than two months ago in Indjija, northern Serbia. AP
  • A Hindu holy man near Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Kumbh Mela festival. AFP
    A Hindu holy man near Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Kumbh Mela festival. AFP
  • Part of a lorry recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, near Tokyo, Japan. EPA
    Part of a lorry recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, near Tokyo, Japan. EPA
  • Mongolian-born sumo wrestler and new yokozuna, or grand champion, Hoshoryu Tomokatsu, second left, performs the ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. AFP
    Mongolian-born sumo wrestler and new yokozuna, or grand champion, Hoshoryu Tomokatsu, second left, performs the ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. AFP
  • Fashion model Liseth Santos poses in an outfit by by Spanish fashion house Miabril, at the International Flamenco Fashion Show in Seville. Reuters
    Fashion model Liseth Santos poses in an outfit by by Spanish fashion house Miabril, at the International Flamenco Fashion Show in Seville. Reuters
  • Rescue workers use a crane to clear a derailed train from the tracks near Lahore, Pakistan. AFP
    Rescue workers use a crane to clear a derailed train from the tracks near Lahore, Pakistan. AFP
  • Worshippers perform ablutions before offering prayers during Biswa Ijtema, an annual gathering of Muslims in Tongi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. AFP
    Worshippers perform ablutions before offering prayers during Biswa Ijtema, an annual gathering of Muslims in Tongi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. AFP
  • Workers search through items sent to landfill near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AFP
    Workers search through items sent to landfill near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AFP