A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 28, 2021
![Bullet trains are seen parked at a station in preparation for the upcoming Lunar New Year travel peak in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, Jan. 27, 2021, as authorities have encouraged people to stay put during the Spring Festival to curb the spread of COVID-19.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9cb149e8-78d6-4edf-b4ec-9744f28d5242_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bullet trains are seen parked at a station in preparation for the upcoming Lunar New Year travel peak in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, Jan. 27, 2021, as authorities have encouraged people to stay put during the Spring Festival to curb the spread of COVID-19.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4d4cb7a9-aaee-48c1-97e6-cf9e3ac9ed4e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Somali women whose sons are missing after they were taken for military training, pray after a Reuters interview in Mogadishu, Somalia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5d6d7b91-708b-4d18-be60-b9ca04287a42_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Somali women whose sons are missing after they were taken for military training, pray after a Reuters interview in Mogadishu, Somalia.
![Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the ground during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/20235f0a-5ec7-467b-8dec-1a7c3145048c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the ground during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal.