• Performers dance while making their way to the town square for the first day of the annual Surva International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik, Bulgaria. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
    Performers dance while making their way to the town square for the first day of the annual Surva International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik, Bulgaria. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
  • A guard of honour waits for British prime minister Theresa May who is participating in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the republic of Turkey. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
    A guard of honour waits for British prime minister Theresa May who is participating in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the republic of Turkey. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
  • Frost-covered trees near Salgotarjan, northeast of Budapest in Hungary. Peter Komka / EPA
    Frost-covered trees near Salgotarjan, northeast of Budapest in Hungary. Peter Komka / EPA
  • United States’ Serena Williams serves to her sister, Venus, during the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
    United States’ Serena Williams serves to her sister, Venus, during the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
  • A farmer works in a paddle field during the sunset in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Aung Shine Oo / AP Photo
    A farmer works in a paddle field during the sunset in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Aung Shine Oo / AP Photo
  • Visitors in fur coats walk past a statue during the Snow Polo World Cup Tournament in St Moritz, Switzerland. Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA
    Visitors in fur coats walk past a statue during the Snow Polo World Cup Tournament in St Moritz, Switzerland. Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA
  • A snowmobile pulls a home-made sledge along the frozen Yenisei river, outside Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
    A snowmobile pulls a home-made sledge along the frozen Yenisei river, outside Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
  • Palestinians wait to cross to the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the Southern Gaza Strip. Khalil Hamra / AP Photo
    Palestinians wait to cross to the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the Southern Gaza Strip. Khalil Hamra / AP Photo
  • A woman stands in front of a Buddhist Avalokitesvara or Guan Yin statue during the Lunar New Year celebrations at a shrine in Bangkok. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
    A woman stands in front of a Buddhist Avalokitesvara or Guan Yin statue during the Lunar New Year celebrations at a shrine in Bangkok. Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters

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World in focus – best photos for January 27, 2017

Olive Obina

January 28, 2017

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

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