• People stand on the shoreline as a tourist boat carrying 60 people burns out at sea off the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand. Whakatane Beacon via AP
    People stand on the shoreline as a tourist boat carrying 60 people burns out at sea off the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand. Whakatane Beacon via AP
  • Tourists catch a glimpse of the sunset while sailing alongside the island of Boracay, central Philippines. Charlie Saceda / Reuters
    Tourists catch a glimpse of the sunset while sailing alongside the island of Boracay, central Philippines. Charlie Saceda / Reuters
  • A commuter train uses lights to clear the track crossing by residents on a foggy morning in Peshawar. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo
    A commuter train uses lights to clear the track crossing by residents on a foggy morning in Peshawar. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo
  • Josh Kerr, in red, rides a wave with Carlos Burle of Brazil during the Final of the Todos Santos Challenge off the coast of Baja, Mexico. Richard Hallma / World Surf League / EPA
    Josh Kerr, in red, rides a wave with Carlos Burle of Brazil during the Final of the Todos Santos Challenge off the coast of Baja, Mexico. Richard Hallma / World Surf League / EPA
  • The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch in Brussels, Belgium. Yves Herman / Reuters
    The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch in Brussels, Belgium. Yves Herman / Reuters
  • An Indian ‘washerman’ works on the banks of the River Brahmaputra. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
    An Indian ‘washerman’ works on the banks of the River Brahmaputra. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
  • A Pakistani wood vendor cuts logs in Peshawar, Pakistan. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo
    A Pakistani wood vendor cuts logs in Peshawar, Pakistan. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo
  • Roberta Vinci of Italy returns to Austria’s Tamira Paszek at the Australian Open. Filip Singer / EPA
    Roberta Vinci of Italy returns to Austria’s Tamira Paszek at the Australian Open. Filip Singer / EPA
  • A girl pushes her dog in a pram after it was blessed by a priest in Benalmadena, near Malaga, Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters
    A girl pushes her dog in a pram after it was blessed by a priest in Benalmadena, near Malaga, Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters
  • An Indian woman sits with her children on a foot path in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP Photo
    An Indian woman sits with her children on a foot path in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP Photo
  • The moon on a starry night in the area of Chatel-St-Denis, Switzerland. Cyril Zingaro / EPA
    The moon on a starry night in the area of Chatel-St-Denis, Switzerland. Cyril Zingaro / EPA

World in focus — best photos for January 18, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world.