Today in Pictures, Jan 29, 2019

A pop-up 'trash' bar opens in Tokyo, Japan, tornado hits Havana, Cuba, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jan 29, 2019, 10:09 am SGT
A photo released on January 29, 2019, shows customers watching an enormous crane pick up rubbish for incineration at a combustible waste pit while having a drink and snack at the "Gomi (trash) Pit" bar in Tokyo on January 18, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
A photo released on January 29, 2019, shows customers watching an enormous crane pick up rubbish for incineration at a combustible waste pit while having a drink and snack at the "Gomi (trash) Pit" bar in Tokyo on January 18, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
People walk past debris after a tornado ripped through a neighbourhood in Havana, Cuba January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
People walk past debris after a tornado ripped through a neighbourhood in Havana, Cuba January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Security guards of Brazilian mining company Vale SA are seen through hand prints made from mud during a protest in front of Vale SA headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Security guards of Brazilian mining company Vale SA are seen through hand prints made from mud during a protest in front of Vale SA headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
A demonstrator throws a petrol bomb towards policemen (not pictured) during a protest against Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez outside the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras January 28, 2019. PHOTO: R
A demonstrator throws a petrol bomb towards policemen (not pictured) during a protest against Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez outside the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
A veterinary team performs a necropsy on a of 15 meter long and ten tons heavy fin whale common in Mallorca who died at Cala Millor beach in Mallorca, Balearic Island, Spain, 28 January 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A veterinary team performs a necropsy on a of 15 meter long and ten tons heavy fin whale common in Mallorca who died at Cala Millor beach in Mallorca, Balearic Island, Spain, 28 January 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A man rides his bicycle on a flooded street after heavy rainfall on the outskirt of Najaf, Iraq January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
A man rides his bicycle on a flooded street after heavy rainfall on the outskirt of Najaf, Iraq January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Gymnasts practise the traditional Mallakhamba sport with a pole, in Ahmedabad on January 28, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
Gymnasts practise the traditional Mallakhamba sport with a pole, in Ahmedabad on January 28, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
A duck (R) looks on opposite a row of moored duck-themed boats at a lake in Beijing on January 28, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
A duck (R) looks on opposite a row of moored duck-themed boats at a lake in Beijing on January 28, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
A man dressed as a bear accompanies bell-wearing dancers known as Joaldunak performing a ritual dance to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring, during carnival celebrations in Ituren, northern Spain January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
A man dressed as a bear accompanies bell-wearing dancers known as Joaldunak performing a ritual dance to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring, during carnival celebrations in Ituren, northern Spain January 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
An elderly woman dances with a ribbon at a park in Beijing on January 28, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
An elderly woman dances with a ribbon at a park in Beijing on January 28, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
The sun sets next to the Statue of Liberty seen through the Brooklyn Bridge on January 28, 2019 in New York City. PHOTO: AFP
The sun sets next to the Statue of Liberty seen through the Brooklyn Bridge on January 28, 2019 in New York City. PHOTO: AFP
(From L) Actresses Sandra Oh, Tan Kheng Hua and Fiona Xie attend the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 27, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
(From L) Actresses Sandra Oh, Tan Kheng Hua and Fiona Xie attend the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 27, 2019. PHOTO: AFP