Updated 5:35am 2 February 2013

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

Members of 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men and New Kids on the Block, announce a major summer The Package Tour
Members of 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men and New Kids on the Block, announce a major summer The Package Tour

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.

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