• A man holds a sign during a protest held in response to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, in Seattle, Washington, US. David Ryder / Reuters
    A man holds a sign during a protest held in response to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, in Seattle, Washington, US. David Ryder / Reuters
  • Seagulls fly over a Palestinian fisherman in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Seagulls fly over a Palestinian fisherman in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • A man takes a photograph of black oil as a thick oily tide from the sea laps at the coast, a day after an oil tanker and an LPG tanker collided off Kamarajar Port in Ennore, in Chennai. Arun Sankar / AFP
    A man takes a photograph of black oil as a thick oily tide from the sea laps at the coast, a day after an oil tanker and an LPG tanker collided off Kamarajar Port in Ennore, in Chennai. Arun Sankar / AFP
  • Switzerland’s Roger Federer poses with his Australian Open Men’s Singles trophy during a photo shoot at Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Filip Singer / EPA
    Switzerland’s Roger Federer poses with his Australian Open Men’s Singles trophy during a photo shoot at Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Filip Singer / EPA
  • Falcons captain Will Welch is stopped just short of the line during the Anglo- Welsh Cup match between Newport Gwent Dragons and Newcastle Falcons at Rodney Parade in Newport, Wales. Stu Forster / Getty Images
    Falcons captain Will Welch is stopped just short of the line during the Anglo- Welsh Cup match between Newport Gwent Dragons and Newcastle Falcons at Rodney Parade in Newport, Wales. Stu Forster / Getty Images
  • Tourists visit a giant hen and rooster in Sanshing Township in Ilan County in north-east Taiwan on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Sanshing Township Office via EPA
    Tourists visit a giant hen and rooster in Sanshing Township in Ilan County in north-east Taiwan on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Sanshing Township Office via EPA
  • A worker wearing a mask adjusts joss sticks at the Man Mo Miu Temple on the third day of the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. Vincent Yu / AP Photo
    A worker wearing a mask adjusts joss sticks at the Man Mo Miu Temple on the third day of the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. Vincent Yu / AP Photo
  • A group of migrants, left, gather around a fire to warm themselves in an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
    A group of migrants, left, gather around a fire to warm themselves in an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
  • The shadow of a young dancer is cast on the stage during the contemporary class of the 45th International Ballet Competition “Prix de Lausanne” in Lausanne. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
    The shadow of a young dancer is cast on the stage during the contemporary class of the 45th International Ballet Competition “Prix de Lausanne” in Lausanne. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
  • Mourners carry the coffin of Ko Ni, prominent Muslim lawyer who was shot dead at the Muslim cemetery in Yangon. Ye Aung Thu / AFP
    Mourners carry the coffin of Ko Ni, prominent Muslim lawyer who was shot dead at the Muslim cemetery in Yangon. Ye Aung Thu / AFP
  • Horses run away from wildfires in Chile’s central-south regions, in Portezuelo. Juan Gonzalez / Reuters
    Horses run away from wildfires in Chile’s central-south regions, in Portezuelo. Juan Gonzalez / Reuters
  • A leprosy patient sits inside her room at the leprosy hospital in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Farooq Khan / EPA
    A leprosy patient sits inside her room at the leprosy hospital in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • Iranian women mourn during the funeral procession for firemen killed when the city’s oldest high-rise collapsed after a blaze, in Tehran on January 30, 2017. Tens of thousands of Iranians poured on to the streets of the Iranian capital for the funeral of firefighters killed when the 15-storey Plasco building, home to a shopping centre and hundreds of clothing suppliers, collapsed two weeks ago while emergency services were still evacuating people from a huge fire. Atta Kenare / AFP
    Iranian women mourn during the funeral procession for firemen killed when the city’s oldest high-rise collapsed after a blaze, in Tehran on January 30, 2017. Tens of thousands of Iranians poured on to the streets of the Iranian capital for the funeral of firefighters killed when the 15-storey Plasco building, home to a shopping centre and hundreds of clothing suppliers, collapsed two weeks ago while emergency services were still evacuating people from a huge fire. Atta Kenare / AFP
  • Wrapped in blankets, sub-Saharan migrants sit on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro rescue vessel after arriving at the port of Messina, in Italy, with more than 299 migrants aboard the ship rescued by members of Proactive Open Arms NGO. Emilio Morenatti / AP Photo
    Wrapped in blankets, sub-Saharan migrants sit on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro rescue vessel after arriving at the port of Messina, in Italy, with more than 299 migrants aboard the ship rescued by members of Proactive Open Arms NGO. Emilio Morenatti / AP Photo

World in focus — best photos for January 30, 2017


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