World in focus - best photos for January 9, 2020

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

A boy plays under Chinese lanterns at the Thean Hou temple ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. AFP

The full moon is seen behind a building's sun shade in Bangkok. AFP

Members of the Edinburgh Chinese community launch the City's Chinese New Year Festival on Calton Hill. Getty

Tourists walk through China's Snow Town in Mudanjiang, China. Getty

Visitors walk through a tunnel made of LG's OLED flexible screens next to the South Korean booth during the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. EPA

Devotees follow the carriage transporting the statue of the Black Nazarene religious procession in Manila. AFP

A man walks past a graffiti inside the car park where university student Chow Tsz-lok, 22, died two months ago after a fall during a protest in Hong Kong. Reuters

Hindus walk through mud following heavy rain at a camp area ahead of the one month long annual Hindu fair 'Magh Mela' in Allahabad. AFP

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