A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 4, 2022
![Activists take part in a protest against China's treatment toward the ethnic Uyghur people and are calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, at a park Jakarta, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5fb042bb-9876-48c0-8bfe-e8d6e6ebc78b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Activists take part in a protest against China's treatment toward the ethnic Uyghur people and are calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, at a park Jakarta, Indonesia.
![Participants recover at the finish line during the Women's Mass Start Free 10km event at the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/79be1664-db9a-44d1-a5cb-df8b0db66497_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants recover at the finish line during the Women's Mass Start Free 10km event at the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy.
![The sun shines over Casco Bay, but it does little to warm the frigid air for a walker along the Eastern Promenade in Portland, Maine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0492ae26-a029-45ba-9912-5e4b9f2c5245_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The sun shines over Casco Bay, but it does little to warm the frigid air for a walker along the Eastern Promenade in Portland, Maine.
![Bees swarm riot police during a protest by beekeepers who are demanding government measures to help with the persistent drought affecting the country. The beekeepers blocked the street with honeycombs full of bees in front of the Chilean presidential palace, in Santiago, Jan. 3, 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5b92fae3-c0e2-49d0-98e1-3ed6fcb66554_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bees swarm riot police during a protest by beekeepers who are demanding government measures to help with the persistent drought affecting the country. The beekeepers blocked the street with honeycombs full of bees in front of the Chilean presidential palace, in Santiago, Jan. 3, 2022.