Pictures of the day: January 30, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

A cockfight is seen during the event organised to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the year of the Rooster on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS

Manchester United's English defender Chris Smalling (R) heads the ball in to score their second goal during the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England. PHOTO: AFP


People follow king penguins exploring their outdoor pen, during a so-called 'penguin parade', when the animals walk outside their enclosure and the visitors can walk behind them, at Zurich's Zoo in Zurich, Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS


Tristan Walker and Justin Snith of Canada compete in the FIL World Luge Championships, Innsbruck, Austria PHOTO: REUTERS


A man talks to another while sitting outside a shop at the old market in the historic city of Sanaa, Yemen. PHOTO: REUTERS


A man takes a photograph of his friend as thick smoke rises from a fire, which broke out at oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS


A boy arrives with his camels at the Nagaur cattle fair, where animals like camels, cows, horses and bulls are brought to be sold or traded, in Nagaur district in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. PHOTO: REUTERS



The Indian President's bodyguards, mounted on their horses, take part in the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


Portuguese firefighters take a break as they attend to help to extinguish wildfires in the country's central-south regions, in San Javier, Chile. PHOTO: REUTERS


People take pictures of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


A couple walks with a pram along an embankment under a heavy snow fall in Sochi, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS


Activists and supporters of the Svoboda (Freedom), Ukrainian nationalist party, take part in a march with torches to honour several hundred students who died during a battle while defending the Ukrainian capital from the Bolsheviks, in Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: REUTERS


A woman takes a selfie with Switzerland's Roger Federer as he holds the trophy during a photo call the morning after he won the Men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia. PHOTO: REUTERS


Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia performs during the gala exhibition of the European Figure Skating Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic. PHOTO: AFP
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