• Hideto Tanihara of Japan tees off on the ninth hole during the first round of the SMBC Singapore Open golf tournament at Sentosa’s Serapong golf course. Edgar Su / Reuters
    Hideto Tanihara of Japan tees off on the ninth hole during the first round of the SMBC Singapore Open golf tournament at Sentosa’s Serapong golf course. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams, wearing pink shoes, shirt and tie for breast cancer awareness, yells to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville. Don Petersen / AP Photo
    Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams, wearing pink shoes, shirt and tie for breast cancer awareness, yells to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville. Don Petersen / AP Photo
  • An Ariane 5 rocket with the first Intelsat communications satellite of the new generation Epic NG launches from Kourou, French Guiana. JM Guillon / CNES / AFP Photo
    An Ariane 5 rocket with the first Intelsat communications satellite of the new generation Epic NG launches from Kourou, French Guiana. JM Guillon / CNES / AFP Photo
  • English golfer Matthew Fitzpatrick lines up his putt during the second round of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club. Ross Kinnaird / Getty Images
    English golfer Matthew Fitzpatrick lines up his putt during the second round of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club. Ross Kinnaird / Getty Images
  • Angelique Kerber of Germany in action against Johanna Konta of Britain during their Australian Open semi-final. Lukas Coch / EPA
    Angelique Kerber of Germany in action against Johanna Konta of Britain during their Australian Open semi-final. Lukas Coch / EPA
  • A refugee prepares to cross the borderline from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia as a volunteer asks from another group to wait. Giannis Papanikos / AP Photo
    A refugee prepares to cross the borderline from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia as a volunteer asks from another group to wait. Giannis Papanikos / AP Photo
  • Chinese window cleaners scale the exterior of the Shanghai World Financial Center tower. Aly Song / Reuters
    Chinese window cleaners scale the exterior of the Shanghai World Financial Center tower. Aly Song / Reuters
  • Rosie, a 10-year-old labrador of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, assists in the detection of smuggled ivory during a training exercise in Ping Che, New Territories in Hong Kong, China. Jerome Favre / EPA
    Rosie, a 10-year-old labrador of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, assists in the detection of smuggled ivory during a training exercise in Ping Che, New Territories in Hong Kong, China. Jerome Favre / EPA
  • Aan Indian schoolboy hitches a ride on the back of a Tempo three-wheeler goods vehicle as the returns from school in the old quarters of New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP Photo
    Aan Indian schoolboy hitches a ride on the back of a Tempo three-wheeler goods vehicle as the returns from school in the old quarters of New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP Photo
  • Racehorses are seen early mormimg on the gallops at Upper Lambourn, southern England. Eddie Keogh / Reuters
    Racehorses are seen early mormimg on the gallops at Upper Lambourn, southern England. Eddie Keogh / Reuters

World in focus — best photos for January 28, 2016


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