World in Pictures, January 23, 2013: Serena Williams in Australia, blaze in Turkey and drugs haul in Colombia (GALLERY)

Jan 23 2013 By Cheryl Mullin

TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of Serena Williams reacting during her quarterfinal match against Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open; Turkish firefighters battling a blaze raging through a historic former mansion in Istanbul and a police officer guarding 3.8 tons of cocaine seized in three containers bound for the Mexican port of Veracruz.