Today in Pictures, Jan 22, 2020

Chinese New Year preparations in Ha Nam, Vietnam, South Korea takes precautionary measures against Wuhan virus, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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January 22, 2020 at 11:24 AM

Men wear gas masks while cooking fish in claypot over wood fire in Ha Nam province on January 21, 2020 ahead of the Lunar New Year. The braised fish is a popular delicacy for the Lunar New Year or Tet season in Vietnam's north with each pot selling 18 to 60 US dollars. PHOTO: AFP

Quarantine workers spray disinfectant at Incheon International Airport, in Incheon, South Korea, 21 January 2020, to prevent the advance of a new strain of coronavirus now spreading in China and other parts of Asia. PHOTO: YONHAP VIA EPA-EFE

Laboratory technicians doing tests in the National Public Health laboratory at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases in Singapore on Jan 21, 2020. All suspected Wuhan cases will be sent straight to the centre, to nip the spread of the virus in the bud. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/DESMOND FOO

Pupils at play at Clementi Primary School on Jan 21, 2020. The Ministry of Education will look at dropping selection trials for co-curricular activities by starting a pilot study with several primary schools. Many feel that this is an encouraging move as it allows children to pursue their interests, which could benefit them in the long run. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

A photo issued on Jan 20, 2020, shows 1:6 scale action figures depicting characters involved in the Hong Kong protests, in Hong Kong, in a photo taken onJanuary 14, 2020 . Intricately detailed Hong Kong protester figurines have become the latest must-have collectables as toy stores recreate the pro-democracy movement's street battles with police in their shop displays. PHOTO: AFP

A crowd removes scaffoldings of a structure that collapsed, trapping and injuring dozens of people, during the celebration of Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany, in Gondar, Ethiopia, on January 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Big waves overpass a breakwater at the Port Olympic marina in Barcelona as storm Gloria batters Spanish eastern coast on January 21, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A police vehicle drives on a snow-covered road at the Vizzavona pass, close to Bocognano, after heavy snowfall and strong winds due to Gloria storm on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on January 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A professional rodeo cowboy navigates the slalom course during the 46th Annual Cowboy Downhill on January 20, 2020 at Steamboat Ski Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. PHOTO: AFP

Spain's Rafael Nadal in action during the tennis match against Bolivia's Hugo Dellien at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia on January 21, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

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