Today in Pictures, Jan 21, 2026
Rare Northern Lights appear in France, the aftermath of a wildfire in Chile, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A man admiring the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, while standing on a dolmen, an 8000-year-old megalith, following a powerful sunstorm in Guilliguy, western France, on Jan 19, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Residents walking along a street lined with the charred remains of destroyed vehicles, after a wildfire ravaged Lirquen, a town in Penco near the city of Concepcion, Chile, on Jan 20, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Mr Scott Thao looking out his window with his son Chris as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents idle in the street outside their home, a day after he was taken by ICE agents and later allowed to return home, in St Paul, Minnesota, on Jan 19, 2026. Mr Thao was released as he is a US citizen.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Building tops in the cities of Burnaby and Surrey rising above a thick layer of fog at dawn as a ridge of high pressure creates a coastal temperature inversion, as seen from Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan 20, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People walking along the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, also known as Shiqikong Qiao, as the sun sets at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, on Jan 20, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Japan's Naomi Osaka walking onto the court to play against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic during their women's singles match on day three of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan 20, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Indian Central Industrial Security Force officers walking across a bridge amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi, India, on Jan 20, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A Javan myna (background) approaching a Eurasian hoopoe, causing it to raise its crest, in Branksome Road, Singapore, on Jan 20, 2026. The Eurasian hoopoe, whose only previous recorded sighting in the Republic was in October 1987, has been spotted in Tanjong Katong, creating a buzz among the local birdwatchers.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
