World in focus - best photos for January 12, 2019

Take a look at some of our favourite images from around the world today

A Toyota car competes during the Dakar Rally Stage 5 between Tacna and Arequipa in Peru. AFP

Portuguese surfers stand on the beach with their surfboards at sunset during the men's qualifying series of the World Surf League SEAT Pro Netanya, in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. AFP

Aerial view of the US-Mexico border fence seen from Playas de Tijuana, Baja California state. AFP

The Capitol is seen at dawn on the 21st day of a partial government shutdown as an impasse continues between President Donald Trump and Democrats over funding his promised wall on the US-Mexico border, in Washington. AP

Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a shot during a practise session ahead of the 2019 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. Getty

Noemi Jimenez Martin of Spain tees off form the 1st hole during Day Two of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhabi. Getty

A Catholic priest takes a faithful's confession before the start of the mass start outside the Latin Church during the Jordan Catholic church annual pilgrimage, at the Baptism Site, Jordan Valley, some 60km Southwest of Amman, Jordan. Thousands of Jordanian Catholics headed to the place believed to be where John baptized Jesus Christ in the water of the Jordan River. EPA

Supporters of spurned Congo opposition candidate Martin Fayulu react at the presidential elections results just before Fayuly arrived to address them in Kinshasha, Congo. Hundreds gathered to denounce what they called "the people's stolen victory" in the presidential election. AP

A woman and a police walk by piles of cloths remaining after a fire broke overnight in Mogadishu's biggest market, the Bakara Market. AFP

An American flag is seen in front of the Manhattan skyline in New York City. AFP

Coniferous trees are covered by snow in the Fichtelgebirge mountains in Neubau near Bayreuth, southern Germany. AFP

This aerial view shows a man swimming in a pool cut in a frozen lake in Shenyang, in China's northeast Liaoning province. AFP

An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall, in front of coils of razor wire seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The partial government shutdown was on track to become the longest closure in US history as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans looked for a way out of the mess. A solution couldn't come soon enough for federal workers who got pay statements Friday but no pay. AP

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