Today in Pictures, Jan 20, 2025
High air pollution levels in Bangkok, traditional Epiphany swimming competition in Kosovo, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Aerial view showing displaced Palestinians returning to the war-devastated Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Jan 19, shortly before a ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was implemented.
PHOTO: AFP
Kosovo ethnic Serbs take part in the traditional Epiphany swimming competition in the lake of Gazivoda in Kosovo on Jan 19.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A freed Palestinian prisoner gestures as he is carried aloft after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Jan 20.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Houses at the Shibati Traditional Style Area lit with lanterns and decorations ahead of the Chinese New Year in China's south-western Chongqing municipality on Jan 18.
PHOTO: AFP
An artist gives final touches to a painting of US President-elect Donald Trump in Amritsar, in India's state of Punjab, on Jan 19.
PHOTO: AFP
Skyscrapers seen amid heavy air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan 20.
PHOTO: AFP
A man cleans a sleeping Buddha statue ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations at the Buddha Dharma and 8 Po Sat temple in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, on Jan 19.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Merab Dvalishvili (red gloves) challenging Umar Nurmagomedov during UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Jan 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A man plunges into the water during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany as the Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on in the Luhansk region in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine on Jan 19.
PHOTO: REUTERS


