• Dogwalker Vincent Flores looks toward a rainbow from Bernal Heights Hill in San Francisco. The tail end of a punishing winter storm system lashed California with thunderstorms and severe winds after breaking rainfall records, washing out roads and whipping up enormous waves. Jeff Chiu / AP Photo
    Dogwalker Vincent Flores looks toward a rainbow from Bernal Heights Hill in San Francisco. The tail end of a punishing winter storm system lashed California with thunderstorms and severe winds after breaking rainfall records, washing out roads and whipping up enormous waves. Jeff Chiu / AP Photo
  • Zimbabwe’s midfielder Willard Katsande challenges Tunisia’s midfielder Ferjani Sassi, right, during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Zimbabwe and Tunisia at the Stade de l’Amitie Sino-Gabonaise in Libreville. Gabriel Bouys / AFP
    Zimbabwe’s midfielder Willard Katsande challenges Tunisia’s midfielder Ferjani Sassi, right, during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Zimbabwe and Tunisia at the Stade de l’Amitie Sino-Gabonaise in Libreville. Gabriel Bouys / AFP
  • A Voodoo devotee in a trance performs at the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah. Officially declared a religion in Benin in 1996, Voodoo and the Voodoo festival attracts thousands of devotees and tourists for a day filled with ritual dances and gin drinking. Benin’s voodoo festival is held every year and is the West African country’s most vibrant and colourful event. AFP
    A Voodoo devotee in a trance performs at the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah. Officially declared a religion in Benin in 1996, Voodoo and the Voodoo festival attracts thousands of devotees and tourists for a day filled with ritual dances and gin drinking. Benin’s voodoo festival is held every year and is the West African country’s most vibrant and colourful event. AFP
  • South Korean and US Marines participate in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
    South Korean and US Marines participate in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
  • Indian paramilitary soldiers take part in a full-dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in Agartala, India. Jayanta Dey / Reuters
    Indian paramilitary soldiers take part in a full-dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in Agartala, India. Jayanta Dey / Reuters
  • Performers take part in a celebration for the upcoming Chinese New Year at Lisinski hall in Zagreb, Croatia. Antonio Bronic / Reuters
    Performers take part in a celebration for the upcoming Chinese New Year at Lisinski hall in Zagreb, Croatia. Antonio Bronic / Reuters
  • Third-placed French skipper Jeremie Beyou celebrates as he arrives aboard his class Imoca monohull Maitre Coq after crossing the finish line of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. France’s Beyou snatched third position in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race, crossing the finish line four days after record-breaking winning compatriot Armel Le Cleac’h. AFP
    Third-placed French skipper Jeremie Beyou celebrates as he arrives aboard his class Imoca monohull Maitre Coq after crossing the finish line of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. France’s Beyou snatched third position in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race, crossing the finish line four days after record-breaking winning compatriot Armel Le Cleac’h. AFP
  • People attend the Grand Bal Christian Dior event during the 2017 spring/summer Haute Couture collection in Paris. AFP
    People attend the Grand Bal Christian Dior event during the 2017 spring/summer Haute Couture collection in Paris. AFP
  • A ice-skater skates on the ice surface of the Duemmer lake near Damme, northern Germany. AFP
    A ice-skater skates on the ice surface of the Duemmer lake near Damme, northern Germany. AFP
  • A soldier poses for a photo as South Korean and US soldiers perform a demonstration for the media during a joint annual winter exercise in Pyeongchang. The Korean peninsula is the world’s last Cold War frontier as Stalinist North Korea and pro-Western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict. AFP
    A soldier poses for a photo as South Korean and US soldiers perform a demonstration for the media during a joint annual winter exercise in Pyeongchang. The Korean peninsula is the world’s last Cold War frontier as Stalinist North Korea and pro-Western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict. AFP
  • Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka serves against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day nine of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. AFP
    Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka serves against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day nine of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. AFP

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World in focus – best photos for January 24, 2017

Fatima Al Marzouqi

January 24, 2017

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Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world today.

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