• Team members check their hot air balloon prior to take off during the 42nd International Hot Air Balloon week, in the skiing resort of Chateau-d'Oex, in the Swiss Alps. EPA
    Team members check their hot air balloon prior to take off during the 42nd International Hot Air Balloon week, in the skiing resort of Chateau-d'Oex, in the Swiss Alps. EPA
  • Luis Villanueva lights a candle in front of a Kobe Bryant mural in downtown Los Angeles, US. AFP
    Luis Villanueva lights a candle in front of a Kobe Bryant mural in downtown Los Angeles, US. AFP
  • US mushers race along the trail in the 2020 John Beargreas Sled Dog marathon outside Duluth, Minn. AP
    US mushers race along the trail in the 2020 John Beargreas Sled Dog marathon outside Duluth, Minn. AP
  • Security officials wear face masks as they march in formation near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. AP
    Security officials wear face masks as they march in formation near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. AP
  • A paratrooper from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division applies camouflage paint with the assistance of a mirror before a combined jump with Colombia's 2nd Special Forces. Reuters
    A paratrooper from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division applies camouflage paint with the assistance of a mirror before a combined jump with Colombia's 2nd Special Forces. Reuters
  • A Chinese man wearing a protective facemask walks along a street in Wuhan. AFP
    A Chinese man wearing a protective facemask walks along a street in Wuhan. AFP
  • People walk along a beach near the estuary of the river Le Tech in Argeles-sur-Mer, southeastern France, following Storm Gloria. AFP
    People walk along a beach near the estuary of the river Le Tech in Argeles-sur-Mer, southeastern France, following Storm Gloria. AFP
  • Quentin Fillon Maillet of France fires his rifle during the zeroing session prior the IBU Biathlon Men 15km Mass Start event in Pokljuka, Slovenia. AFP
    Quentin Fillon Maillet of France fires his rifle during the zeroing session prior the IBU Biathlon Men 15km Mass Start event in Pokljuka, Slovenia. AFP
  • Clients sit under a painting portraying French cabaret director Michel Georges Alfred Catty, also known as Michou at Michou Cabaret in Paris. AFP
    Clients sit under a painting portraying French cabaret director Michel Georges Alfred Catty, also known as Michou at Michou Cabaret in Paris. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for January 27, 2020

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