World in focus — best photos for January 26, 2016

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  Palestinian refugee children play outside their families’ small houses during cold weather on a rainy day in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA

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  A transit police officer kneels next to a sloth holding on to the post of a traffic barrier on a highway in this handout photo provided by Ecuador’s Transit Commission, in Quevedo, Ecuador. Transit police officers, who were patrolling the new highway, found the sloth after it had apparently tried to cross the street and returned the animal to its natural habitat after a veterinarian found it to be in perfect condition, according to a press release. Reuters / Ecuador’s Transit Commission / Handout via Reuters

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  Roger Federer of Switzerland signs autographs for fans after winning his quarter final match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during day nine of the 2016 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. Scott Barbour / Getty Images

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  Ben Osborn walks with a shovel past a line of snowed-in cars on A Steet in northeast Washington. Washington is digging out after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill. Carolyn Kaster / AP

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  National Cadet Corps cadets march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. Adnan Abidi / Reuters

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  A man carries a television away from a fire in a slum area next to railway tracks in Kampung Bandan, North Jakarta, Indonesia. According to local media, the fire destroyed approximately 100 wooden dwellings, built along a busy railway line. No casualties were reported. Beawiharta / Reuters

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  Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a forehand in his quarter final match against Kei Nishikori of Japan during day nine of the 2016 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. Michael Dodge / Getty Images

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  Taiwanese marine frogmen demonstrate their combat skills at the beach on Liaolo Bay on the front line island of Kinmen. International journalists were invited by the Taiwan Defense Ministry to visit Kinmen, an island group off the southeast coast of mainland China, ten days after the presidential elections. Sam Yeh / AFP

A look at the best photos from around the world.