• Protestors use umbrella to protect themselves from tear gas during a demonstration to support organizers of an illegal New Year rave that saw 2,400 people defy virus rules in Rennes, western France. AFP
    Protestors use umbrella to protect themselves from tear gas during a demonstration to support organizers of an illegal New Year rave that saw 2,400 people defy virus rules in Rennes, western France. AFP
  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to U.S. President Joe Biden. Downing Street Handout via Reuters
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to U.S. President Joe Biden. Downing Street Handout via Reuters
  • Central African refugee children play and carry water from the river to the refugee site of Ndu, Bas-Uele Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP
    Central African refugee children play and carry water from the river to the refugee site of Ndu, Bas-Uele Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP
  • Policemen walk in the smoke from a burning flare thrown by protesters not far from Moscow's penal detention centre Number 1 (known as Matrosskaya Tishina), where opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being held. AFP
    Policemen walk in the smoke from a burning flare thrown by protesters not far from Moscow's penal detention centre Number 1 (known as Matrosskaya Tishina), where opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being held. AFP
  • A fisherman rows a boat in Dal Lake during snowfall in Srinagar. AFP
    A fisherman rows a boat in Dal Lake during snowfall in Srinagar. AFP
  • Argentina's Ignacio Pizarro tries to score past Croatia's Marin Sego during the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship match between Group II teams Argentina and Croatia at the Cairo Stadium Sports Hall in Egypt. AFP
    Argentina's Ignacio Pizarro tries to score past Croatia's Marin Sego during the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship match between Group II teams Argentina and Croatia at the Cairo Stadium Sports Hall in Egypt. AFP
  • The tide moves around the New Brighton lighthouse in north west England. AFP
    The tide moves around the New Brighton lighthouse in north west England. AFP
  • A Nilgai stands in a mustard field on the outskirts of Allahabad. AFP
    A Nilgai stands in a mustard field on the outskirts of Allahabad. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for January 24, 2021

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

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