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News in Pictures – January 29th 2021

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Our picture editors bring you the best images of the day

An otter eating a ‘Daddy Ruffe’ fish, this otter was part of a family which have been seen more often recently in the River Nene at Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Photo by Paul Marriott/Shutterstock
Photo by Shaukat Ahmed/Pacific Press/Shutterstock                                                                              Rajasthan municipal elections, Ajmer, India.

 

HS2 Rebellion, an alliance of groups and individuals campaigning against the planned high-speed railway, claim Euston Square Gardens, a green space outside Euston station, will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold off to developers. The protest group said “tree protectors” were prepared to occupy the tunnels, dug “in secret” over the last few months, and stay underground “for as long as it takes to stop HS2”. Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Wire
People are engaged in making Tripura’s first road by using plastic waste in Agartala, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Tripura. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock
The Environment Agency were in Colnbrook this morning monitoring levels of the Colne Brook. Low lying areas are already flooded. Heavy rain has been falling in the Colne Brook catchment and further rain is expected this weekend causing the Colne Brook to rise. Colnbrook, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock
A windsurfer surfs in the rough sea off of West Wittering beach in West Sussex. Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA
Birds fly over water in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock
Protest against election results in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
Light decorations in celebration of the upcoming lunar new year, the year of the Ox, has been set up in Macao, China. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock
A family enjoy the sunshine at Thorpe Bay near Southend On Sea in Essex whilst the UK remains under tight lockdown restrictions due to the Covid-19 virus. Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA
An Indian military band conductor salutes at the beginning of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, the government seat of power, in New Delhi, India. The ceremony marks the end of the annual Republic Day festivities. Photo by AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Racing at Lingfield, Surrey. Photo by Alan Crowhurst/PA.