Today in Pictures, Jan 30, 2026
A ground-breaking ceremony with explosives in North Korea, a cotton candy vendor on the banks of the Ganges river, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Explosives going off at a ground-breaking ceremony on Jan 29, 2026, to mark the start of a regional development construction project in Unnyul, a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea.
PHOTO: AFP
People watching from a hilltop as horsemen take part in the traditional Central Asian sport of buzkashi in the Jurm district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, on Jan 29, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A model getting ready backstage prior to the Viktor and Rolf Women’s spring/summer 2026 collection fashion show – part of Haute Couture Week in Paris, France – on Jan 28, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Sturm Graz’s German forward Maurice Malone (left) and Brann Bergen’s Belgian defender Denzel De Roeve vying for the ball during the UEFA Europa League football match between the two teams in Graz, Austria, on Jan 29, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A couple standing on a hill near the city of Nuuk, western Greenland, during sunset on Jan 28, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A cotton candy vendor using his mobile phone as he waits for customers along the banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi, India, on Jan 29, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Vehicles moving along an inundated main street in Morocco’s north-western city of Ksar el-Kebir on Jan 29, 2026. Several neighbourhoods were flooded in the city due to a rise in the water level of the Loukkos river following recent heavy rainfall.
PHOTO: AFP
A worker shovelling snow in Moscow, Russia, on Jan 28, 2026, with one of the Kremlin’s towers in the background.
PHOTO: REUTERS
The wreckage of a plane that crashed in a mountainous region of La Playa de Belen municipality, Norte de Santander, Colombia, on Jan 29, 2026. All 15 people on board, including a Colombian lawmaker, were killed.
PHOTO: AFP
