A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 28, 2021

1
Corazzieri of the Italian military Presidential Honor Guards stand at their posts at the Quirinale Palace in Rome prior to political leaders arriving for meetings with the president about forming a new government.

2
A Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia.

3
A worker wearing a face mask carries red lanterns in Hong Kong ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

4
Some of the 1,200 Cape Cormorant chicks are seen after being rescued from Robben Island at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), in Cape Town, South Africa.