A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 5, 2018
![A Somali fisherman carries a hammerhead shark on his head to the Hamarweyne fish market near the port in Mogadishu, Somalia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3b347771-ff92-463c-aff8-d8c04a8dceed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Somali fisherman carries a hammerhead shark on his head to the Hamarweyne fish market near the port in Mogadishu, Somalia.
![Visitors walk and slide on icy paths on the opening day of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2b25e83d-7756-4cc4-b3fa-98741dca47f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors walk and slide on icy paths on the opening day of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province.
![A group of men help a motorist after his vehicle got stuck in snow near Asbury Park boardwalk during a snowstorm in Asbury Park, New Jersey.](https://gdb.voanews.com/60a132ff-16e4-4905-8ce0-fd930f6fed70_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A group of men help a motorist after his vehicle got stuck in snow near Asbury Park boardwalk during a snowstorm in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
![Boys stands near a damaged site after an airstrike on the Eastern Ghouta town of Misraba, Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/15853866-5968-4f76-bf31-70232c960fb0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys stands near a damaged site after an airstrike on the Eastern Ghouta town of Misraba, Syria.