A look at the best news photos from around the world.
1Impoverished Indian children watch a performance that's part of advocacy against child labor, in Allahabad.
2Preparations continue at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. (Photo: B. Allen/VOA)
3Police officers remove an activist during an anti-death-penalty protest at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
4Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to deliver a speech about leaving the European Union, at Lancaster House in London.