• A man takes pictures of himself, with crowds of people and the Heart of Chechnya mosque seen in the background, during a rally to protest against satirical cartoons of prophet Mohammad, in Grozny, Chechnya. Tens of thousands of people staged the rally on Monday in Chechnya against French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the prophet, which the predominantly Muslim region’s leader denounced as “vulgar and immoral”. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters
    A man takes pictures of himself, with crowds of people and the Heart of Chechnya mosque seen in the background, during a rally to protest against satirical cartoons of prophet Mohammad, in Grozny, Chechnya. Tens of thousands of people staged the rally on Monday in Chechnya against French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the prophet, which the predominantly Muslim region’s leader denounced as “vulgar and immoral”. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters
  • Daniel Kickert of Melbourne United (L) and Alex Pledger of the NZ Breakers (R) compete for the rebound during the round 15 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and Melbourne United at Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Phil Walter / Getty
    Daniel Kickert of Melbourne United (L) and Alex Pledger of the NZ Breakers (R) compete for the rebound during the round 15 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and Melbourne United at Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Phil Walter / Getty
  • Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates his win against Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in their first round match for the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. Joe Castro / EPA
    Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates his win against Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in their first round match for the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. Joe Castro / EPA
  • A boy jumps from a boat into polluted water of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
    A boy jumps from a boat into polluted water of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
  • Schoolchildren play football in the school compound during a protest against alleged land grabbing at Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya. At least 5 pupils have been rushed to the hospital after police fired tear gas canisters at them and activists, according to local media reports. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
    Schoolchildren play football in the school compound during a protest against alleged land grabbing at Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya. At least 5 pupils have been rushed to the hospital after police fired tear gas canisters at them and activists, according to local media reports. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia celebrates after beating Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Andy Brownbill / AP
    Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia celebrates after beating Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Andy Brownbill / AP
  • A boy plays with a kite at the Ramos Pool as temperatures reached 45 degrees Celsius in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ramos Pool, inaugurated in 2001, is an artificial beach associated to a public salt pool which filters the polluted seawater from the Guanabara Bay located next to it. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
    A boy plays with a kite at the Ramos Pool as temperatures reached 45 degrees Celsius in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ramos Pool, inaugurated in 2001, is an artificial beach associated to a public salt pool which filters the polluted seawater from the Guanabara Bay located next to it. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
  • Thousands march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge along with members of the cast of the movie “Selma” in honour of Rev. Martin Luther King junior Day in Selma, Alabama. Sean Gardner / Getty
    Thousands march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge along with members of the cast of the movie “Selma” in honour of Rev. Martin Luther King junior Day in Selma, Alabama. Sean Gardner / Getty

Best photography from around the world, Jan. 19

Rob Gurdebeke

January 19, 2015

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The National View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from a round the world

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