World of photos, January 31, 2025
13 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Hindu devotees rest by the banks of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, in the early hours of ‘Mauni Amavasya’ or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.Credit:AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Steam from a runner at Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury, England.Credit:Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images
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Decorations are hung in a restaurant in Chinatown in London, England. 2025 is the Chinese zodiac Year of the Wood Snake. The snake is the sixth animal in the zodiac, and people born as Snakes are said to be mysterious, smart, wise, good at talking, determined, and caring.Credit:Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Valuable logs lie side by side in a section of forest in the Dresden Heath on the occasion of the 26th Sawmill and Valuable Timber Auction, in Dresden, Germany. Valuable logs from sustainably managed forests in Saxony are auctioned off at the timber auction.Credit:Robert Michael/dpa via AP
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Hunter Ranson soaps an outside window of the Owensboro Convention Center while preparing for a busy weekend at the facility in Owensboro, Kentucky.Credit:Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP
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Taxi drivers block traffic on one of Madrid’s main avenues during a protest against the increase in car insurance company prices.Credit:AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
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Snowdrops bloom at the Moscow State University Botanical Garden in Moscow, Russia.Credit:AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov
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Naga Sadhus, or naked Hindu holy men, take a holy dip in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India.Credit:AP Photo/Deepak Sharma
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People attend a commemoration of the Holocaust at the Memorial for the Sinti and Roman of Europe, in Berlin, Germany.Credit:AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi
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A child pushes a suitcase towards Rwanda security officials checking people crossing from Congo in Gisenyi, Rwanda, following M23 rebels’ advances into eastern Congo’s capital Goma.Credit:AP Photo/Brian Inganga
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People walk through a tunnel between buildings of the German parliament Bundestag ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany.Credit:AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
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Volunteers and spectators gather at Sara D. Roosevelt park in Manhattan’s Chinatown during a firecracker celebration for Lunar New Year in New York. This year marks the Year of the Snake.Credit:AP Photo/John Minchillo
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Displaced Palestinians make their way from central Gaza to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip after Israel began allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.Credit:AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
