A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 14, 2021
![Local residents dressed in costumes perform during celebrations for Malanka traditional holiday, which is celebrated on the day of St. Basil and St. Melania, in the settlement of Krasnoilsk in Chernivtsi Region, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/acc1a9b9-e5bb-41a8-8ddb-08ffef468cdd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local residents dressed in costumes perform during celebrations for Malanka traditional holiday, which is celebrated on the day of St. Basil and St. Melania, in the settlement of Krasnoilsk in Chernivtsi Region, Ukraine.
![Women worship to Hindu sun god as they take a dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of "Makar Sankranti" festival at the Sagar Island in the eastern state of West Bengal, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fd2c7475-7d4f-4ee0-8b9a-53997e07ae1d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women worship to Hindu sun god as they take a dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of "Makar Sankranti" festival at the Sagar Island in the eastern state of West Bengal, India.
![Iran's military launches a missile during a navy exercise in the Gulf of Oman.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9ebddbdd-abeb-421d-aefd-6aa535c3c222_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iran's military launches a missile during a navy exercise in the Gulf of Oman.
![A preacher holds a bible next to an empty child's coffin as a pro-choice activist reacts, outside Congress where lawmakers will begin to discuss a bill that decriminalizes abortion until the 14th week of gestation, in Valparaiso, Chile, Jan. 13, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7c0d82de-08a1-4623-a505-44c77b54a5f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A preacher holds a bible next to an empty child's coffin as a pro-choice activist reacts, outside Congress where lawmakers will begin to discuss a bill that decriminalizes abortion until the 14th week of gestation, in Valparaiso, Chile, Jan. 13, 2021.