World in focus: best photos for February 2, 2019

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Downtown Manhattan in New York City is seen over ice that formed on the banks of the Hudson River during below freezing temperatures from Jersey City, New Jersey, US. REUTERS

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man takes a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during 'Kumbh Mela', or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India. REUTERS

Visitors walk through a tunnel decorated with lanterns at a light show to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in Xian, Shaanxi, China. REUTERS

Palestinian demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Jewish settlements, in al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting to 'discuss fighting human trafficking on the southern border' in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, US. REUTERS

A person cycles over the Clifton Suspension Bridge and Avon Gorge in Bristol during snowfall in southwest Britain. REUTERS

A man fires a rocket among local indigenous people commemorating the start of their Purepecha New Year with a hike through wooded and mountainous trails in Michoacan state, Mexico. The Purepechas, the main ethnic group of Michoacan, each February celebrate a new year, walking with the 'Grandfather Fire' among the villages as an ancestral tradition that coincides with the agricultural cycle of the Mexican West. EPA

A Freestyle Motocross (FMX) rider performs stunts during the Red Bull FMX Jam 2019 at the Gateway of India in Mumbai. AFP

US Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents take part in a safety drill in the Anapra area in Sunland Park, New Mexico, United States, across from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico. AFP

Nosh and Charlotte Talbot paddle down Queens Road during flooding in Rosslea, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. EPA

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