• A handout photo made available by the Eastern Fire Volunteer Club shows an oil tanker burning after an explosion at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Samut Songkram province, Thailand, 17 January 2023. At least eight people were missing and several people injured, including many in nearby houses that were damaged, after the Smooth Sea 22 oil tanker exploded, the Marine Department reported. EPA / EASTERN FIRE VOLUNTEER CLUB / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
    A handout photo made available by the Eastern Fire Volunteer Club shows an oil tanker burning after an explosion at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Samut Songkram province, Thailand, 17 January 2023. At least eight people were missing and several people injured, including many in nearby houses that were damaged, after the Smooth Sea 22 oil tanker exploded, the Marine Department reported. EPA / EASTERN FIRE VOLUNTEER CLUB / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
  • A helicopter carrying bodies of plane crash victims arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP Photo
    A helicopter carrying bodies of plane crash victims arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP Photo
  • Police stand next to environmentalists blocking railway tracks used to transport lignite to energy supplier RWE's coal-fired power plant in Neurath, western Germany. AFP
    Police stand next to environmentalists blocking railway tracks used to transport lignite to energy supplier RWE's coal-fired power plant in Neurath, western Germany. AFP
  • A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honour of St Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain. AP Photo
    A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honour of St Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain. AP Photo
  • Singer Pierre Fontaine spontaneously sings 'We Shall Overcome' for the crowd gathered to view the Martin Luther King memorial statue, 'The Embrace,' on Martin Luther King Day in Boston. EPA
    Singer Pierre Fontaine spontaneously sings 'We Shall Overcome' for the crowd gathered to view the Martin Luther King memorial statue, 'The Embrace,' on Martin Luther King Day in Boston. EPA
  • Bullets, part of a large arsenal confiscated from alleged dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), are shown at a press conference in Bogota. AFP
    Bullets, part of a large arsenal confiscated from alleged dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), are shown at a press conference in Bogota. AFP
  • The Boulevard entertainment city in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
    The Boulevard entertainment city in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
  • Iraq supporters gather in a designated fan zone to watch the Arabian Gulf Cup semi-final football match between Iraq and Qatar. AFP
    Iraq supporters gather in a designated fan zone to watch the Arabian Gulf Cup semi-final football match between Iraq and Qatar. AFP

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Today's best photos: from an oil tanker blast in Thailand to football fans in Iraq

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January 17, 2023

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