A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 1, 2021
![Soldiers stand guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw after the military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup.](https://gdb.voanews.com/23cbe1cb-0926-41a9-98b8-e39a2d7b2649_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers stand guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw after the military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup.
![Myanmar citizens living in Thailand, hold pictures of military Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy, in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ce318db0-2950-41c6-8975-734703341196_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Myanmar citizens living in Thailand, hold pictures of military Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy, in Bangkok, Thailand.
![An elderly woman gets a shot of China's Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine as part of a priority COVID-19 vaccination program for the elderly at a drive-thru vaccination center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dfa19ba7-ea06-4614-8e90-34a2335bba96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly woman gets a shot of China's Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine as part of a priority COVID-19 vaccination program for the elderly at a drive-thru vaccination center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
![A woman pushes her merchandize away from tires set fire by protesters during a countrywide strike demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d61e2971-f767-4689-b9e4-766fb0e3a9ed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman pushes her merchandize away from tires set fire by protesters during a countrywide strike demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince.