World in focus - best photos for January 8, 2021

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

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  A woman throws hot water into the air, which instantly condenses into ice crystals amid temperatures of minus 27 degrees Celsius, in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning province. AFP

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  This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows the US Capitol it's surrounding area with a view of the inauguration stands/seats along the west side of the Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO

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  People walk on the snow-covered Nanzoin buddhist temple towards the bronze statue of reclining Buddha in Sasaguri town. AFP

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  A doctor collects a sample for a coronavirus test from a child in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The recovery movement control order (RMCO) throughout the country has been extended until March 31, 2021, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. AP Photo

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  Lava flows from Mount Merap in Yogyakarta, Indonesia’s most active volcano. AFP

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  Argentina's biker Manuel Andujar powers his quad as he competes in the 5th Stage of the Dakar Rally 2021 between Riyadh and Buraydah, in Saudi Arabia. AFP

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  The London Eye tourist attraction is illuminated in blue light to celebrate to work of key workers, and those in Britain's NHS (National Health Service), in London as Britain continues its third national lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19. Hospital chiefs in England were scrambling for hospital beds on Thursday as the surge in coronavirus cases risked overwhelming the system, healthcare providers and medics said. AFP

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  The sun sets as a bird flies, in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins. AFP

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  Worshippers pray to an icon as they depart following a service of the Nativity of Christ Liturgy in the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Prince Lazar in Bournville, Birmingham, central England. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar where Christmas Day falls on January 7. The Lazarica church, dedicated to the Holy Prince Lazar, is the first purpose-built Serbian Orthodox church constructed in the UK and is decorated in a 14th Century Byzantine-Morava artistic style. AFP

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  A woman walks along a road submerged by floodwaters following heavy monsoon rains in Mentakab town in Malaysia's Pahang state. AFP

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