Day in Photos: Refinery on Fire, Rally in Bangkok, and Ice Floating in Russia
Black smoke billows from a fire at the Esmeraldas Refinery in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on Jan. 30, 2026. Anthony Quintero/AFP via Getty Images
Black smoke billows from a fire at the Esmeraldas Refinery in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on Jan. 30, 2026. Anthony Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Refinery on Fire, Rally in Bangkok, and Ice Floating in Russia

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U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the White House Oval Office in Washington on Jan. 30, 2026. Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images
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Switzerland's Marco Odermatt pays tribute on Jan. 30, 2026, to the victims of the fire that destroyed Le Constellation bar during a New Year's Eve celebration in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana, Switzerland, ahead of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025-2026 event. The 40 fatalities included nine French and six Italian nationals, and of the 116 injured, most were teenagers. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
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EPP leaders pose for a group photo during a two-day informal meeting of leaders of the European People's Party, Europe's largest political group, in Zagreb, Croatia, on Jan. 30, 2026. Marko Perkov/AFP via Getty Images
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The Bridge of the Americas is seen at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, next to the port of Balboa in Panama City, Panama, on Jan. 30, 2026. Panama is in contact with the Danish company Maersk about temporarily taking over two ports operated by Hong Kong firm CK Hutchison, whose concession was annulled by the courts, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
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Bhumjaithai party supporters hold cutouts featuring Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul during a rally at Lumpini Park in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan. 30, 2026. The party is continuing campaign activities ahead of the general election scheduled for Feb. 8, following months of political uncertainty and shifting alliances. Bhumjaithai has listed Charnvirakul as its candidate for prime minister in the upcoming election. Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
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Fog covers San Jose at sunrise on Jan. 30, 2026. Costa Rica will hold its presidential and legislative election on Feb. 1. Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images
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Les Democrates' MP Sandrine Josso (L) and France's junior Minister in charge of equality Aurore Berge (2nd L) visit the CHU Toxicological laboratory in Nantes, France, on Jan. 30, 2026, after visiting the Nantes University Hospital as part of the launch of a program dedicated to combating chemical submission. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images
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Ice covers part of the Hudson River along the Manhattan shoreline on Jan. 30, 2026, as New York City experiences frigid temperatures after a winter storm last weekend. New York received up to a foot of snow in the storm that swept through large parts of the country, resulting in numerous deaths, power outages, and accidents. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Protesters gather at the Bishop Whipple Federal Building to oppose ICE detentions almost a week after Alex Pretti was killed in an altercation with ICE agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 30, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images
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People visit an exhibition during a power outage at the National Art Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 30, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
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Inmates remain in a cell during a visit by Chile's president-elect Jose Antonio Kast to the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison, where hundreds of MS-13 and 18th Street gang members are being held, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Jan. 30, 2026. The largest prison in Latin America and emblem of the war against gangs of the government of President Nayib Bukele, celebrates two years since it was inaugurated on Feb. 1. Oscar Rivera/FP via Getty Images
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People walk past an advertising banner for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Arco della Pace in Milan, Italy, on Jan. 30, 2026. Milan will host all ice sports, including figure skating, short track speed skating, skating, and ice hockey events Feb. 6–22, 2026. Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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Participants wearing isothermal wetsuits float among ice floes in a hole on the frozen Moskva river as they enjoy ice floating—a growing relaxation trend—in Moscow on Jan. 30, 2026. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
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People inspect one of the tents, housing displaced Palestinians in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza Strip, on Jan. 30, 2026, following Israeli strikes. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images
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An aerial view of homes in Denton, England, on Jan. 30, 2026. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Jose Ibarra listens during a hearing on a motion for a new trial in an Athens-Clark County courtroom in Athens, Georgia, on Jan. 30, 2026. A judge found Ibarra guilty of murder and other crimes in nursing student Laken Riley's 2024 murder. Mike Stewart-Pool/Getty Images
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A pedestrian walks past a mural along a street in New Delhi, India, on Jan. 30, 2026. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images
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A lumberman works on felling a 340 year-old Sessile oak tree, which had not produced any new branches last spring in the Foret de Berce, in Jupilles, France, on Jan. 30, 2026. The tree is 150 feet high and 41 inches in diameter. Jean-Francois Monier/AFP via Getty Images
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South Korea's Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back plays table tennis with Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the headquarters of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka District, south Tokyo, on Jan. 30, 2026. Eugene Hoshiko/POOL/AFP via Getty Images