A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 12, 2021
![A woman stands at an urban intervention by Chilean artist Ivan Navarro called "Rio de sangre" (Blood river), a tribute to the coronavirus victims and in memory of the people thrown into the river during the Chilean dictatorship, in Santiago, Chile.](https://gdb.voanews.com/97c71f26-43c5-4236-abce-1fad2f3f830f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman stands at an urban intervention by Chilean artist Ivan Navarro called "Rio de sangre" (Blood river), a tribute to the coronavirus victims and in memory of the people thrown into the river during the Chilean dictatorship, in Santiago, Chile.
![A medical personnel wearing a protective suit waits at the COVID-19 drive-thru test center outside the Ajwa Private Clinic in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, as Malaysia's king declared a state of emergency to fight a coronavirus surge.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d33833b9-c289-4597-bf9d-17e9839ad630_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A medical personnel wearing a protective suit waits at the COVID-19 drive-thru test center outside the Ajwa Private Clinic in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, as Malaysia's king declared a state of emergency to fight a coronavirus surge.