A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 26, 2015
![A Jammu and Kashmir state policeman performs a motorcycle stunt during the Republic Day parade in Jammu, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b513bc7b-01e7-47f4-ae01-83f0a456d776_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Jammu and Kashmir state policeman performs a motorcycle stunt during the Republic Day parade in Jammu, India.
![Cambodian land rights activist Nget Khun (C), known locally as "Mommy", hugs her daughter (R) through a window of a prison car at the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh. A Cambodian court upheld convictions for 10 female land rights activists and a defrocked Buddhist monk and reduced the one-year sentence for most of them.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cf46220e-ef8e-49fe-897f-835e0fd79952_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cambodian land rights activist Nget Khun (C), known locally as "Mommy", hugs her daughter (R) through a window of a prison car at the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh. A Cambodian court upheld convictions for 10 female land rights activists and a defrocked Buddhist monk and reduced the one-year sentence for most of them.
![People clap as Bishop Libby Lane (foreground) leaves York Minster in northern England following a service to consecrate her as the new Bishop of Stockport. The Church of England ended centuries of male-only leadership when it declared its first female bishop in the face of fierce opposition from traditionalists.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd905b98-50b2-4b2e-b50d-e0c93d0e3af5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People clap as Bishop Libby Lane (foreground) leaves York Minster in northern England following a service to consecrate her as the new Bishop of Stockport. The Church of England ended centuries of male-only leadership when it declared its first female bishop in the face of fierce opposition from traditionalists.
![Pastry chef Javier Mercado of the UK competes during the Pastries World Cup final as part of the Catering and Food International Show (SIRHA) in Chassieu, outside Lyon, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c285fb7c-03ae-49bf-b1bd-78d09c6e077d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pastry chef Javier Mercado of the UK competes during the Pastries World Cup final as part of the Catering and Food International Show (SIRHA) in Chassieu, outside Lyon, France.