Day in pictures: 30 January 2015
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Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world during the past 24 hours.
The flag-draped coffin of one of the nine French Air Force personnel who died when a Greek fighter jet crashed at a Nato base in Spain. His body had been transported to the Nancy-Ochey Airbase, eastern France.
Homeowners in Detroit, who are at risk of losing their property because of debt, are flocking to hearings that offer them a last-ditch chance to avoid repossession.
Dr Tres Clarke, a veterinarian for the Audubon Nature Institute, releases an endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico. The turtle was rescued in New England and rehabilitated by the institute.
Members of the Joburg Ballet rush backstage after a performance at the Johannesburg Theatre in South Africa. The ballet together with the Via Katlehong Dance Company was performed before a discussion on dance as a powerful means of change in society.
Sevilla's Daniel Carrico falls during his team's Spanish King's Cup quarter-final football match against Espanyol. Sevilla won 1-0 on the night but Espanyol progress to the next round, 3-2 on aggregate.
Commuters head to work as snow falls in Japan's capital, Tokyo.
At an indoor academy in Kabul, Afghanistan's cricketers are training hard for their debut in the upcoming World Cup tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
The Austrian village of Techendorf is hosting a series of speed skating events for both professionals and amateurs with some 5,000 people taking part. This skater is competing in a race 200km (124 miles) long.