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Our world in photos: January 21

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, dance with other family members at the Starlight Ball, part of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Photo: Evan Vucci/AP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Balls at the inauguration, dancing with the new decision-makers, unseen security costing ‘a million every hour’? President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance dance with other family members at the Starlight Ball, part of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. These inauguration balls are costly, and the incoming presidents customarily raise the funds to underwrite the event, reports NBC News.

Trump, as of Jan. 8, reportedly had raised more than $170 million for his upcoming inauguration. Several news sources reported that competition among some of the nation’s wealthiest donors is so fierce that even millionaires couldn’t snag VIP tickets.

Migrants make their way to a Border Patrol van after crossing illegally and waiting to apply for asylum between two border walls separating Mexico and the United States, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photo:Gregory Bull/AP

SAN DIEGO — Where the rubber meets the road: Migrants make their way to a Border Patrol van after crossing illegally and waiting to apply for asylum between two border walls separating Mexico and the United States, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in San Diego. Meanwhile, the U.S. Customs & Border Patrol announced that the CBP One app that worked as recently as Jan. 20 would no longer be used to admit migrants.

The Associated Press and San Diego’s NBC affiliate Channel 7 reported that the app, which has helped almost one million persons entering the U.S. over the past 24 months, canceled tens of thousands of appointments scheduled into February starting after 1 p.m. on Jan. 20.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts during her quarterfinal match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Photo: Manish Swarup/AP

MELBOURNE — ‘Words cannot express …’: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts during her quarterfinal match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, taking place at the Australian Open tennis championship on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. The top-seeded Sabalenka, who took the first and third sets of that match, now advances to the semi-finals and will compete Thursday against Paula Badusa of Spain.

Badusa, whose doctors treating her injuries advised her almost a year ago that her tennis career was over, advanced to the semi-finals after an upset win against U.S. player Coco Gauff. 

Novak Djokovic, right, of Serbia is congratulated by Carlos Alcaraz of Spain following their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, early Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Photo: Ng Han Guan/AP

MELBOURNE — Brothers in combat: Novak Djokovic, 37, right, of Serbia, is congratulated by Carlos Alcaraz, 21, of Spain, following their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

Djokovic won the second, third and fourth sets of their match and now advances to the semi-finals to play Alexander “Sascha” Zverev of Germany on Thursday, Jan. 23.

An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows displaced Palestinians returning to Rafah, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect, Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Photo: Mohammad Abu Samra/AP

GAZA — A brutal homecoming after ceasefire: An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows displaced Palestinians returning to Rafah, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. A U.N. agency responsible for providing aid to Gazans reported a “good first day” of the ceasefire, according to NBC News.

Even though newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump was skeptical that the truce could continue, Israeli’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog, announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House “in the coming weeks,” reported NBC and Israel’s Walla News.

Firefighter Joshua Cari sprays water while battling the Lilac Fire near the Bonsall community of San Diego County, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Photo: Noah Berger/AP

CALIFORNIA — Nature’s revenge, particularly brutal in the Golden State: Firefighter Joshua Cari sprays water while battling the Lilac Fire near the Bonsall community of San Diego County on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Several neighborhoods were given evacuation orders Tuesday morning due to a vegetation fire that broke out in that part of San Diego, that city’s CBS8 news station reported.

CAL FIRE told CBS8 that, as of late Tuesday morning, the Lilac Fire had burned 80 acres and was 30% contained.

Firefighters battle the Lilac Fire in Bonsall, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP
Hailey Zhao leaps from a chair during a ballet performance at the Youth America Grand Prix, Friday, Jan 17, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Photo: Robert F. Bukaty.AP

MASSACHUSETTS — Stars of the future: Hailey Zhao leaps from a chair during a ballet performance at the Youth America Grand Prix, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at the Hanover Theater in Worcester. The four-day audition competition attracted more than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast, hoping to win one of thousands of scholarships offered at the auditions and the finals, allowing the dancers to study for short-term, summer or year-round at leading dance schools and programs worldwide.

Moreover, the young dancers who are scouted at the annual event later perform for companies such as American Ballet Theatre, the Paris Opera Ballet and the New York City Ballet.

President Donald Trump, left, holds a sabre after using it to cut a cake as first lady Melania Trump, right, watches at the Commander in Chief Ball, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ‘Careful, sir, don’t cut the plane … that’s your party favor’: President Donald Trump, left, holds a saber after using it to cut a cake as first lady Melania Trump, right, watches at the Commander in Chief Ball, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

He reportedly joked that the Secret Service was getting “very nervous” with the President’s dance, which was captured in video and photos that went viral worldwide.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia gestures during his quarterfinal match against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Photo: Manish Swarup/AP

MELBOURNE — Always dramatic and powerful: Novak Djokovic, 37, of Serbia, gestures during his quarterfinal match against Carlos Alcaraz, 21, of Spain, at the Australian Open tennis championship on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

Djokovic won this match and will play Germany’s Sascha Zverev in the semi-finals on Thursday.

Stefan Djokovic reacts as he watches his father Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his quarterfinal match against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Photo: Manish Swarup/AP

MELBOURNE — His biggest fan: Stefan Djokovic reacts as he watches his father, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, during his quarterfinal match against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain at the Australian Open tennis championship in Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

The boy may have been named for the church where Novak and wife, Ristic, got married: Montenegro’s Sveti Stefan island, in the Church of Saint Stephen.

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