• A cyclist crosses a bridge in Frankfurt, Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa via AP
    A cyclist crosses a bridge in Frankfurt, Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa via AP
  • Noor Hindi, left, and Sham Najjar, right, who were born in the US of Syrian parents, demonstrate against the immigration ban imposed by President Trump at the Los Angeles International Airport, California. Mark Ralston / AFP
    Noor Hindi, left, and Sham Najjar, right, who were born in the US of Syrian parents, demonstrate against the immigration ban imposed by President Trump at the Los Angeles International Airport, California. Mark Ralston / AFP
  • Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati Team in action during the pre-season test session at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fazry Ismail / EPA
    Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati Team in action during the pre-season test session at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fazry Ismail / EPA
  • An artist paints at a stall in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnamese people often decorate their houses with calligraphy paintings during Tet, or Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year, the most important holiday of the year. Luong Thai Linh / EPA
    An artist paints at a stall in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnamese people often decorate their houses with calligraphy paintings during Tet, or Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year, the most important holiday of the year. Luong Thai Linh / EPA
  • Roberta Vinci of Italy returns the ball to Timea Babos of Hungary during the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy-2017 tennis tournament final match in St Petersburg, Russia. Dmitri Lovetsky / AP
    Roberta Vinci of Italy returns the ball to Timea Babos of Hungary during the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy-2017 tennis tournament final match in St Petersburg, Russia. Dmitri Lovetsky / AP
  • A bird lands on a Swiss national flag in Zurich, Switzerland. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
    A bird lands on a Swiss national flag in Zurich, Switzerland. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
  • Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pays his respects to the guard of honour during the welcoming ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia. Marko Djurica / Reuters
    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pays his respects to the guard of honour during the welcoming ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia. Marko Djurica / Reuters
  • An Afghan boy looks on as internally displaced Afghan women line up to receive winter relief assistance donated by the Islamic Relief program, a non-government organisation, at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. Omar Sobhani / Reuters
    An Afghan boy looks on as internally displaced Afghan women line up to receive winter relief assistance donated by the Islamic Relief program, a non-government organisation, at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. Omar Sobhani / Reuters
  • A pedestrian is reflected in large mirrors as he walks past a Mitsubishi Motors showroom in Tokyo, Japan. Franck Robichon / EPA
    A pedestrian is reflected in large mirrors as he walks past a Mitsubishi Motors showroom in Tokyo, Japan. Franck Robichon / EPA
  • Manuel Fontaine, Director Office of Emergency Programmes of Unicef, covers his face during a press conference about the Unicef overview on Humanitarian Action for Children 2017, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Salvatore Di Nolfi / Keystone via AP
    Manuel Fontaine, Director Office of Emergency Programmes of Unicef, covers his face during a press conference about the Unicef overview on Humanitarian Action for Children 2017, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Salvatore Di Nolfi / Keystone via AP
  • Tiger Woods on the driving range prior to the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai. Ross Kinnaird / Getty Images
    Tiger Woods on the driving range prior to the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai. Ross Kinnaird / Getty Images
  • A boy sits on a sculpture of a polar bear at an amusement fair in a park during the Spring Festival holidays in Beijing. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP
    A boy sits on a sculpture of a polar bear at an amusement fair in a park during the Spring Festival holidays in Beijing. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP

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World in focus – best photos for January 31, 2017

James Ohara

January 31, 2017

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

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