• ATV and 4x4 enthusiasts enjoy the view at the LIWA International Festival 2020 in Abu Dhabi,. Victor Besa / The National
    ATV and 4x4 enthusiasts enjoy the view at the LIWA International Festival 2020 in Abu Dhabi,. Victor Besa / The National
  • Boys wearing bags on their legs jump as they take part in a race during the 72nd anniversary of Myanmar's Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar. EPA
    Boys wearing bags on their legs jump as they take part in a race during the 72nd anniversary of Myanmar's Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar. EPA
  • Karl Geiger of Germany competes during a training session for the 68th FIS Nordic World Cup Four Hills Tournament at Bergisel-Stadion Olympiaschanze in Innsbruck, Austria. Getty Images
    Karl Geiger of Germany competes during a training session for the 68th FIS Nordic World Cup Four Hills Tournament at Bergisel-Stadion Olympiaschanze in Innsbruck, Austria. Getty Images
  • A train derailment that sent at least a dozen rail cars and tankers off their tracks, in downtown LeClaire, Iowa. AP
    A train derailment that sent at least a dozen rail cars and tankers off their tracks, in downtown LeClaire, Iowa. AP
  • Teams compete during a dragonboat on ice competition in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP
    Teams compete during a dragonboat on ice competition in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP
  • People visit a snow sculpture prepared for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Reuters
    People visit a snow sculpture prepared for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Reuters
  • Cambodian rescuers search for missing workers at a construction site where a building collapsed in Kep province, Cambodia. EPA
    Cambodian rescuers search for missing workers at a construction site where a building collapsed in Kep province, Cambodia. EPA
  • A man rides a motorbike through the mud after floods hit a residential area in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia. Reuters
    A man rides a motorbike through the mud after floods hit a residential area in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia. Reuters
  • Members of All India United Trade Union Center (AIUTUC) and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) protest in a street during an indefinite day-and-night protest in Bangalore, India. EPA
    Members of All India United Trade Union Center (AIUTUC) and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) protest in a street during an indefinite day-and-night protest in Bangalore, India. EPA
  • A giant ice wall is created in a valley at Mount Juwang in Cheongsong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea amid a cold wave. EPA
    A giant ice wall is created in a valley at Mount Juwang in Cheongsong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea amid a cold wave. EPA

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World in focus - best photos for January 4, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world during the past 24 hours

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