• Syrian refugee Rahaf Kahya, 13, holds paper with writing in Arabic that reads: “There is no god only Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Free Syria” in Nizip refugee camp in Gaziantep province, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
    Syrian refugee Rahaf Kahya, 13, holds paper with writing in Arabic that reads: “There is no god only Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Free Syria” in Nizip refugee camp in Gaziantep province, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
  • A drone picture shows two dead sperm wales lying on a pier in Nordstrand, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Carsten Redher / EPA
    A drone picture shows two dead sperm wales lying on a pier in Nordstrand, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Carsten Redher / EPA
  • An Indian devotee prays as he takes a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Fair at Sagar Island, eastern India. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
    An Indian devotee prays as he takes a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Fair at Sagar Island, eastern India. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
  • Turkish riot police stay near a blast damaged building as they block access in Diyarbakir. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
    Turkish riot police stay near a blast damaged building as they block access in Diyarbakir. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
  • A migrant girl plays with soap bubbles as she waits to be taken to the train station in Sid, in Adasevci, about 100 kms west from Belgrade, Serbia. Darko Vojinovic / AP Photo
    A migrant girl plays with soap bubbles as she waits to be taken to the train station in Sid, in Adasevci, about 100 kms west from Belgrade, Serbia. Darko Vojinovic / AP Photo
  • Tourists take pictures under Rawcheh Sea Rock as they ride a boat while the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    Tourists take pictures under Rawcheh Sea Rock as they ride a boat while the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • Indian villagers take part in a community fishing event during the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at Goroimari Lake in Panbari, India. Biju Boro / AFP Photo
    Indian villagers take part in a community fishing event during the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at Goroimari Lake in Panbari, India. Biju Boro / AFP Photo
  • A view of the Ohrid lake near Struga, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Georgi Lickovski / EPA
    A view of the Ohrid lake near Struga, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Georgi Lickovski / EPA
  • Student leader Alex Chow, who took part in Hong Kong’s Occupy Central or the so-called “Umbrella” movement, poses for a photograph during a Reuters interview in Taipei, Taiwan. Olivia Harris / Reuters
    Student leader Alex Chow, who took part in Hong Kong’s Occupy Central or the so-called “Umbrella” movement, poses for a photograph during a Reuters interview in Taipei, Taiwan. Olivia Harris / Reuters
  • A sugarcane vendor holds her child at her roadside makeshift shop on the eve of the Pongal or Makara Sankranthi festival celebrations in Bangalore, India. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
    A sugarcane vendor holds her child at her roadside makeshift shop on the eve of the Pongal or Makara Sankranthi festival celebrations in Bangalore, India. Jagadeesh NV / EPA

World in focus — best photos for January 14, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world.