Today's best photos: From Up Helly Aa fire festival to the 17th king of Malaysia - in pictures
Women and girls join the Up Helly Aa fire festival's main 'jarl squad' for the first time to parade through Lerwick, Scotland. Up Helly Aa celebrates the Shetland Islands' Norse heritage and culminates in the burning of a replica Viking galley. AFP
US comedian and actor J B Smoove attends the season 12 premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm in Los Angeles. EPA
Firefighters battle a major blaze in the Makadara area of Kenya's capital Nairobi. AFP
A man holds a savannah monitor at La Casita del Avestruz petting zoo in Caracas, Venezuela. Reuters
A drone shot shows ice floes drifting on the Wieprz river in Jeziorzany village, eastern Poland. EPA
The aftermath of a fire in the Asaichi Dori area of Wajima, in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. AFP
Taiwanese soldiers march during a drill in Taitung. EPA
Guests attend a state dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. AFP
The NG-20 Cygnus spacecraft is launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. EPA
Pope Francis meets students at a weekly general audience at the Vatican. Reuters
Commuters move along platforms at Churchgate railway station in Mumbai, India. AFP
Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar (centre) is sworn in as the 17th king of Malaysia at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur. Reuters