A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 21, 2016

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Sri Lankan fireball dancers are seen performing during the inauguration of the annual 'Duruthu Perahera' festival at Kelani Buddhist temple, in the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 20, 2016.

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Cross-country skiers make their way through the snowy landscape on the Grosser Arber mountain in Bayerisch Eisenstein east of Regensburg, southern Germany.

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A woman wearing traditional opera make-up performs pole dance by the side of a lake under sub-zero temperatures, in Handan, Hebei province, China, Jan. 20, 2016.

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A lantern installation of a dragon is displayed during a lighting test ahead of the park's lantern festival, in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.