Today in Pictures, Jan 31, 2025
The wreckage of a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in a river after a collision, a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in India, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A man taking a picture of the overflowing Vilaine river in Redon on Jan 29, 2025, after Storm Herminia caused the worst flooding in decades in north-west France.
PHOTO: AFP
A woman wading through a flooded street in Redon, France, on Jan 30, 2025. The flooding was most severe in Brittany, said the French energy, environment and climate office.
PHOTO: AFP
The wreckage of a US Army Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with a commercial airplane on the night of Jan 29, in the Potomac River in Washington, DC, on Jan 30, 2025. The collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people in all, everyone aboard the two aircraft.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
An activist from Ocean Rebellion wearing a Scold’s bridle - a mediaeval torture device - during a demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on Jan 29, 2025. The group campaigns against ocean degradation and biodiversity loss.
PHOTO: AFP
A devotee crawling under a barrier at the site of a stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on Jan 29, 2025. Police sources confirmed a death toll of nearly 40 people during the pre-dawn stampede.
PHOTO: AFP
Madam Wiwwaro Sriaoun (right), the mother of Thai hostage Watchara Sriaoun who was captured during the 2023 attack by Hamas, sobbing as her son is released in Gaza, at her house in Kut Yang village, Udon Thani province, Thailand, on Jan 30, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Residents swimming while carrying jerrycans as they collect water amid ongoing water shortages at the shore of Lake Kivu in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Jan 29, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong arriving at the Spring Reception at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC), organised by SCCC and Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, on Jan 31, 2025.
ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
Spectators at Galle Fort watching the second day's play of the first Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka on Jan 30, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
