A look at some of the best photos from around the world today.
Updated: January 27, 2017, 12:00 AM
World in focus — best photos for January 27, 2017
Nepalese Hindu women fill their vessels with the Bagmati River water on January 27, 2017 to offer prayers at the Madhav Narayan festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. During the month-long festival, devotees recite holy scriptures dedicated to Hindu goddess Swasthani and Hindu god Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to get a good husband, while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing month long fast. Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press
A surfer wipes out at the Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu Island, Hawaii, on January 26, 2017. Brian Bielmann / Agence France-Presse
Enthusiasts of winter swimming warm up on the bank of the Yenisei River on January 27, 2017 in -26C temperatures, ahead of their weekly dip in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, Russia. Ilya Naymushin
A nurse checks in on newborns wearing Chinese traditional costumes to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the nursery of Paolo Chockchai 4 Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand on January 27, 2017. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
People walk amid the remains of buildings on January 26, 2017 after a forest fire in Santa Olga, 240 kilometres south of Santiago. Chile. Six people have died battling vast forest fires in central Chile, officials said Wednesday. Multiple blazes have ravaged 238,000 hectares and are growing, according to the forestry service. Pablo Vera Lisperguer / Agence France-Presse
Spain’s Rafael Nadal takes a break on January, 27, 2017, during the Australian Open tennis semi-final against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in Melbourne, Australia. Nadal won the match and will meet Roger Federer in the final. Kin Cheung / Associated Press
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, bottom, of the US and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic celebrate after defeating Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic and Peng Shuai of China in the women’s doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia on January 27, 2017. Andy Brownbill / Associated Press
People walk on a street decorated with Chinese lamps on January 26, 2017 to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand. Jorge Silva / Reuters
A group of friends are silhouetted as they take a photo while watching the sun set along the coast of Manila bay in Metro Manila, Philippines on January 27, 2017. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
Newly promoted sumo grand champion Kisenosato performs his ring entry form at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on January 27, 2017. Kisenosato is the first Japanese wrestler to earn the coveted rank of “yokozuna,” grand champion, since 1998. Accompanying Kisenosato are sward-holder Takayasu, left, and dew-sweeper Shohozan, right. Eugene Hoshiko / Associated Press
Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India on January 26, 2017. Adnan Abidi / Reuters