• Visitors tour Son Doong cave, one of the world's largest natural caves, in central Vietnam's Quang Binh province. AFP
    Visitors tour Son Doong cave, one of the world's largest natural caves, in central Vietnam's Quang Binh province. AFP
  • A man emerges after taking a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Russia. Reuters
    A man emerges after taking a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Russia. Reuters
  • Residents prepare to put up a hoarding with a photo of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. AFP
    Residents prepare to put up a hoarding with a photo of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. AFP
  • An emotional US President-Elect Joe Biden speaks at Maj Joseph R "Beau" Biden III National Guard Reserve Centre in New Castle, Delaware. The centre is named after his late son. AFP
    An emotional US President-Elect Joe Biden speaks at Maj Joseph R "Beau" Biden III National Guard Reserve Centre in New Castle, Delaware. The centre is named after his late son. AFP
  • Firefighters spray down wildfire flames in California. AFP
    Firefighters spray down wildfire flames in California. AFP
  • French photographer Alexis Boichard skis through powder snow in Kitzbuehel, Austria. AFP
    French photographer Alexis Boichard skis through powder snow in Kitzbuehel, Austria. AFP
  • Thomas Detry of Belgium is silhouetted on the driving range ahead of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Getty Images
    Thomas Detry of Belgium is silhouetted on the driving range ahead of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Getty Images

World in focus - best photos for January 20, 2021


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