A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 21, 2021
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Ela Gubbiotti hugs her partner Giancarlo Vannimartini, an anesthesiologist who has been hospitalized for 10 days, in a safe room where patients and relatives can hug each other protected by a plastic film screen set up inside the COVID-19 ward of the Ospedale dei Castelli Hospital in Ariccia, near Rome, Italy.
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Protesters smash windows at Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters during a protest after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, in Portland, Oregon, Jan. 20, 2021.
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U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, Jan. 20, 2021.
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The Oval Office of the White House is newly redecorated for the first day of President Joe Biden's administration, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, including a pairing of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt over the mantle of the fireplace.