Today in Pictures, Jan 21, 2020

Dust storm hits NSW in Australia, migrants try to enter Mexico by force, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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January 21, 2020 at 11:39 AM

This handout photo taken on January 17, 2020 and received on January 20 courtesy of Marcia Macmillan shows a child running towards a dust storm in Mullengudgery in New South Wales. Dust storms hit many parts of Australia's western New South Wales as a prolonged drought continues. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to enter Mexico by force on January 20, 2020, by crossing the river that divides the country from Guatemala, prompting the National Guard to fire tear gas. PHOTO: AFP

Forest Department workers carry a tranquilised leopard that has entered a residential area after catching it at Shadnagar, some 60 kilometers from Hyderabad on January 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Mr Teo Kiong Chiang (left), 81, a senior at Care Corner Senior Activity Centre, gives the thumbs up as the God of Fortune distributes oranges to the elderly on Jan 20, 2020. The man dressed as the God of Fortune is 48-year-old Andrew Lum, SPH’s assistant manager of corporate communications and corporate social responsibility, who was born in 1972, the Year of the Rat. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ONG WEE JIN

A gun rights advocate dressed as a bald eagle mingles with the crowd during a rally on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, U.S., January 20, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) contingent takes part in the rehearsal for the upcoming Indian Republic Day parade along Rajpath in New Delhi on January 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Chinese Wudang wushu group members perform a traditional Kung Fu show to celebrate the Chinese spring festival at the Royal Cultural Centre in Amman, Jordan January 20, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A protester writes pro-feminist messages next to the art piece "Monument #32 Helter Shelter" by Callum Morton, rendered in the form of U.S. President Donald Trump's head, behind the Art Gallery of Ballarat in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, January 20, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Visitors look at the Hall of Names, a repository for the names of millions of Holocaust victims at the Yad Vashem memorial center in Jerusalem on January 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Snow covers cars in Paradise, Newfoundland, Canada January 18, 2020, in this image obtained from social media. PHOTO: KIM PORTER VIA REUTERS

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