World in focus - best photos for January 7, 2021

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

Advocates serve traditional Rosca de Reyes (king's cake pastry) and give presents to migrant children during the Epiphany's day celebrations in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. AFP

The Peace Monument memorial is seen in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. AFP

Residents ride inflatable tire tube on a road submerged by floodwater in Kampung Desa Bakti in Malaysia's Pahang State. AFP

An animatronic robot, which is made in the likeness of German playwright Thomas Melle, from theater collective Rimini Protokoll performs "Uncanny valley" during the Santiago a Mil International Theatre Festival in Santiago, Chile. Reuters

Buildings in Kowloon are seen across the Victoria Harbor through an installation in Hong Kong, China. Bloomberg

Farmers participate in a tractor rally to protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near New Delhi, India. Reuters

A winter swimming enthusiast swims in a frozen river on a cold winter day in Beijing, China. EPA

A woman wears a mask under her costume during La Diablada Pillarena in Pillaro, Ecuador. AP Photo

People walk along a row of gates at Hie Shrine in Tokyo. AFP

Boca Juniors' Eduardo Salvio in action with Santos' Lucas Verissimo in La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Reuters

Believers burn dried oak branches, which symbolise the Yule log, on Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of the Saint Sava temple in Belgrade, Serbia. Reuters

Mount Merapi spews volcanic steam from its crater seen from Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. AP Photo

Poland's Piotr Zyla soars through the air during the first competition jump of the fourth event of the Four-Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee) in Bischofshofen, Austria. AFP

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