• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway in action at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup. Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters
    Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway in action at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup. Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters
  • Farmers and consumers protest with a tractor convoy as part of “Wir haben es satt” demonstrations against genetic engineering in Berlin. Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters
    Farmers and consumers protest with a tractor convoy as part of “Wir haben es satt” demonstrations against genetic engineering in Berlin. Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters
  • An Afghan man sells umbrella on a raodside in Herat. Jalil Rezayee / EPA
    An Afghan man sells umbrella on a raodside in Herat. Jalil Rezayee / EPA
  • A fisherman stands on a sea wall as he arranges his net in Manila, Philippines. Czar Dancel / Reuters
    A fisherman stands on a sea wall as he arranges his net in Manila, Philippines. Czar Dancel / Reuters
  • Indian workers erect Indian flags along Rajpath, the ceremonial boulevard, during preparations for the upcoming Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. Republic Day will be celebrated in India on January 26. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Indian workers erect Indian flags along Rajpath, the ceremonial boulevard, during preparations for the upcoming Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. Republic Day will be celebrated in India on January 26. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • A team member watches the action from track-side trees during the women’s downhill race of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Germany. Philipp Guelland / EPA
    A team member watches the action from track-side trees during the women’s downhill race of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Germany. Philipp Guelland / EPA
  • Supporters of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye wave flags of the United States and South Korea during a rally opposing her impeachment in Seoul. South Korean prosecutors on Saturday arrested Park’s culture minister and her former top presidential adviser over allegations that they blacklisted artists critical of the government. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    Supporters of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye wave flags of the United States and South Korea during a rally opposing her impeachment in Seoul. South Korean prosecutors on Saturday arrested Park’s culture minister and her former top presidential adviser over allegations that they blacklisted artists critical of the government. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
  • Children make fun as they sell balloon to the commuters in the street of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters
    Children make fun as they sell balloon to the commuters in the street of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters
  • Hot air balloons take off during the 39th International Hot Air Balloon Week in Chateau-d’Oex, Switzerland. Jean-Christophe Bott / EPA
    Hot air balloons take off during the 39th International Hot Air Balloon Week in Chateau-d’Oex, Switzerland. Jean-Christophe Bott / EPA
  • An Iranian aid worker stands in the remains of the Plasco building which was engulfed by a fire and collapsed on Thursday. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
    An Iranian aid worker stands in the remains of the Plasco building which was engulfed by a fire and collapsed on Thursday. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
  • Swans are pictured on the water at sunrise at The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centre in Arundel, southern England. Glyn Kirk / AFP
    Swans are pictured on the water at sunrise at The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centre in Arundel, southern England. Glyn Kirk / AFP

World in focus — best photos for January 21, 2017


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