Today in Pictures, Jan 15, 2020

Carrots and sweet potatoes are airdropped into fire-affected areas to help wildlife in Australia, massive sinkhole swallows bus in Xining, China, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jan 15, 2020, 10:41 AM

A handout photo issued on Jan 13, 2020 shows a wallaby eating carrots from a food drop by the New South Wales (NSW) National Parks and Wildlife Service into fire-affected areas in New South Wales, Australia on Jan 11, 2020 . PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA EPA-EFE

This photo taken on January 13, 2020 shows Chinese rescuers preparing to lift a bus after a road collapse in Xining in China's northwestern Qinghai province. An enormous sinkhole swallowed passers-by and a public bus in northwest China, injuring fifteen people while another ten are still missing. PHOTO: AFP

A resident clears volcanic ash from his roof in Laurel, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. PHOTO: AP

A protestor jumps over a burning barricade during a protest over economic hardship and lack of new government in Beirut, Lebanon January 14, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Family members of Hamouda Abu Amra gather around campfire to get warm in the winter's cold outside their destroyed house in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 14, 2020. PHOTO: AP

A participant falls with his horse during the traditional mask burning on the second day of a carnival celebration marking the Orthodox St. Vasilij Day in the village of Vevcani, some 170 km from Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, Jan 14, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

An Ethiopian girl attempts to fend off desert locusts as they fly in a farm on the outskirt of Jijiga in Somali region, Ethiopia January 12, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Morning commuters are seen through smoke haze from bushfires in Melbourne, Australia, January 14, 2020. PHOTO: AAP IMAGE VIA REUTERS

This photo taken on January 13, 2020 shows people enjoying hotpot on ice-carved desks and chairs inside an igloo in Harbin in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, during the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. PHOTO: AFP

Villagers carry their fishing nets as they take part in a community fishing event during Bhogali Bihu harvest celebrations at Goroimari Lake in Panbari, some 50 kms from Guwahati, on January 14, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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