Today's best photos: From Up Helly Aa fire festival to the 17th king of Malaysia - in pictures
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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
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