January 25, 2022

Staff members stand by in a mostly empty departures hall at Tokyo's Haneda international airport. More than 370,000 people are in left in limbo by Japan's coronavirus border rules, which bar almost all new arrivals. Airport workers stand by at a mostly empty departures area of Haneda International near Tokyo. Japan's coronavirus border rules bar almost all new arrivals to the country. 

Business owners cut off all their hair during a demonstration in Seoul to protest social-distancing measures in South Korea. 

The Italian Coast Guard rescues about 280 migrants discovered in a crowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea near Lampedusa island. Seven of the travelers died.

Onlookers gather as Yemenis pray during a mass funeral in Saada for those killed last weekend in airstrikes on a prison in the northern Yemeni province. At least 70 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in the attack.

A woman walks past 'The Runner,' a huge glass statue by artist Kostas Varotsos, after a snowstorm, in Athens, Greece.

The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship's Draco engines fire following its detachment from the International Space Station's Harmony module's space-facing port.

Syrian workers cut laurel soap at the Jbaili soap factory, an 800-year-old artisanal soap manufacturer, in the old city of Syria's northern city of Aleppo on January 24, 2022. 

Models wear creations for the Stephane Rolland Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, France.

A winter swimming enthusiast dives into a partly frozen lake in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province.

People dance in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, England, after it was restored for its yearly re-opening today.

Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund competes in the first run of the Women's Giant Slalom event as part of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Kronplatz, Italian Alps.

People walk in a snow-covered park, with the Haghia Sophia building in the background, in Istanbul, Turkey.