Today's best photos: from incense sticks in Vietnam to the Magh Mela festival

  • A worker collects dried incense sticks in a courtyard, in a village on the outskirts of Hanoi, before the Lunar New Year celebrations known in Vietnam as Tet. AFP
    A worker collects dried incense sticks in a courtyard, in a village on the outskirts of Hanoi, before the Lunar New Year celebrations known in Vietnam as Tet. AFP
  • Thick fog covers San Sebastian, Spain. EPA
    Thick fog covers San Sebastian, Spain. EPA
  • Damaged cars and debris on a street after an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia. Reuters
    Damaged cars and debris on a street after an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia. Reuters
  • An installation featuring Bing Dwen Dwen, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot, and Shuey Rhon Rhon, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games Mascot, at the main press centre before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Reuters
    An installation featuring Bing Dwen Dwen, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot, and Shuey Rhon Rhon, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games Mascot, at the main press centre before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Reuters
  • The Palm House during sunrise in Sefton Park, Liverpool, Britain. Reuters
    The Palm House during sunrise in Sefton Park, Liverpool, Britain. Reuters
  • A nurse treats a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit of the Sharp Grossmont Hospital, in San Diego, California, amid a surge in coronavirus infections. EPA
    A nurse treats a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit of the Sharp Grossmont Hospital, in San Diego, California, amid a surge in coronavirus infections. EPA
  • Residents skate on a frozen lake in Shenyang, China. AFP
    Residents skate on a frozen lake in Shenyang, China. AFP
  • Electric lines glow red and smoke in a tabletop diorama of Manhattan during a simulation at Red Balloon Security in New York. The company built the miniature city to recreate how hacks might affect the electrical grid. Bloomberg
    Electric lines glow red and smoke in a tabletop diorama of Manhattan during a simulation at Red Balloon Security in New York. The company built the miniature city to recreate how hacks might affect the electrical grid. Bloomberg
  • Starlings descend on Blackpool's North Pier to roost for the night in Blackpool, England. Getty Images
    Starlings descend on Blackpool's North Pier to roost for the night in Blackpool, England. Getty Images
  • Policemen wait in a queue to be tested at a Covid-19 testing centre before the Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India. AFP
    Policemen wait in a queue to be tested at a Covid-19 testing centre before the Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India. AFP