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  • A local tour guide holds a handful of dead desert locusts after an invasion in Shaba National Reserve in Isiolo, northern Kenya. EPA
    A local tour guide holds a handful of dead desert locusts after an invasion in Shaba National Reserve in Isiolo, northern Kenya. EPA
  • Semen Antonov (C) of CSKA Moscow in action against Matt Janning (L) and Shavon Shields (R) of Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz during the Euroleague basketball match between CSKA Moscow and Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Moscow, Russia. EPA
    Semen Antonov (C) of CSKA Moscow in action against Matt Janning (L) and Shavon Shields (R) of Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz during the Euroleague basketball match between CSKA Moscow and Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Moscow, Russia. EPA
  • A man enters the Mosque Saudique ahead of Friday prayers in Nouakchott, Mauritania. AFP
    A man enters the Mosque Saudique ahead of Friday prayers in Nouakchott, Mauritania. AFP
  • A model presents a creation by Balmain, during the men's Fall/Winter 2020/2021 collection fashion show in Paris. AFP
    A model presents a creation by Balmain, during the men's Fall/Winter 2020/2021 collection fashion show in Paris. AFP
  • A man holds his daughter on the palm of his hand in a mustard field in Munshiganj, Bangladesh. Reuters.
    A man holds his daughter on the palm of his hand in a mustard field in Munshiganj, Bangladesh. Reuters.
  • French lawyers on strike demonstrate against French government's pensions reform plans at the courthouse in Lyon as France faces its 44th consecutive day of strikes. Reuters
    French lawyers on strike demonstrate against French government's pensions reform plans at the courthouse in Lyon as France faces its 44th consecutive day of strikes. Reuters
  • A Tiwa tribal man carrying his child visits the Joon Beel festival in the Morigaon district of Assam, India. EPA
    A Tiwa tribal man carrying his child visits the Joon Beel festival in the Morigaon district of Assam, India. EPA
  • Katharina Putzer of Italy competes in Women's Singles Competition second run in luge as people pose for a photograph during day 8 of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics at St. Moritz Olympia Bob Run in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Getty Images
    Katharina Putzer of Italy competes in Women's Singles Competition second run in luge as people pose for a photograph during day 8 of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics at St. Moritz Olympia Bob Run in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Getty Images
  • People watch as Taal Volcano erupts, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, outside Manila, Philippines. AP Photo
    People watch as Taal Volcano erupts, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, outside Manila, Philippines. AP Photo

World in focus - best photos for January 18, 2020

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

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January 18, 2020

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