World in Pictures, January 25, 2013: Andy Murray in Australia, strikes in Greece and snow at Cheltenham (GALLERY)

Jan 25 2013 By Cheryl Mullin

TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of Andy Murray being congratulated by Roger Federer after Murray won their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne; cars caught in a traffic jam during a strike by metro workers in Athens and groundstaff clearing snow from the track ahead of the Cheltenham Trials meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse.

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Andy Murray is congratulated by Roger Federer after Murray won their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne
Cars are caught in a traffic jam during a strike by metro workers in Athens
Groundstaff clear snow from the track ahead of the Cheltenham Trials meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse which takes place tomorrow
Famke Janssen, Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton arrive at the premiere of Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters in Los Angeles
Matthew Bellamy of Muse performs on stage at Staples Center in Los Angeles
Alinga the female Koala Bear who will be joining the male Koalas at Edinburgh Zoo next month
Members of murgas, groups of extravagantly dressed dancers and drummers who parade their way through the streets, perform ahead carnival of celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina
A minor car accident in a town in central Azerbaijan spiraled into a showdown between residents and regional authorities, exposing underlying tensions and democratic shortcomings in the oil-rich former Soviet nation. Hundreds of angry demonstrators surrounded a regional government building, demanding the governor's resignation after a night of rioting in which a hotel and several cars were torched
Egyptian protesters try to tear down a cement wall built to prevent them from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building near Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt