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World in focus - best photos for January 17, 2021

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

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Mr Gates who has himself received a two-course vaccine said vaccination does not stop transmission of the virus. Getty Images

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Keanne Alston, 17, suffered a severe asthma attack at his Dubai home in January. Courtesy: International Modern Hospital

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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the Crown Prince of Dubai, meets Khabib Nurmagomedov. Instagram/ khabib_nurmagomedov

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Fishermen in Aden pose around the ambergris they recovered from a dead whale they found at sea on February 13, 2021. Ali Mahmood for The National

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A few employers are asking departing employees to accept delayed gratuity payments as the business has had financial difficulties but it is, legally speaking, the choice of the individual to accept this. Getty Images

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Thousands of Indian farmers on Tuesday escalated protests to revoke controversial new agricultural laws, clashing with police and storming key landmarks in the capital to pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bloomberg

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The Ras Ghanada coral reef off the coast of Abu Dhabi. NYU Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed , Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, witness Hope's orbit insertion at Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. Rashid Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs 

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A rally against Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations in New York's Times Square, February 19, 2017. AP Photo

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Healthcare workers attend to a Covid-19 patient in the new emergency-care tent at Saint Georges Hospital in Beirut. EPA

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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington. AFP

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Sexual harassment in Egypt was the inspiration for photographer Eman Helal’s essay ‘Just Stop’. Courtesy Eman Helal

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A syringe and a vial containing the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. AFP

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An Iraqi demonstrator walks among smoke from burning tires during ongoing anti-government protests in Kerbala. Reuters

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attend a military parade in Baku on December 10, 2020 to mark Azerbaijan's victory in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Turkish Presidential Press Service / AFP

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Damaged buildings in Mosul are surrounded by mounds of rubble three years after Iraqi forces liberated the city from ISIS. AP Photo

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Hydroponic farming, which is more water and land efficient than conventional farming, may be the future of the industry in the UAE. Victor Besa / The National

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