A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 5, 2021
![A man carries bricks in a brickfield on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0029e011-ef87-430f-a349-8ef502112f0b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man carries bricks in a brickfield on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
![Ice sculptures are seen at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ccb90bbe-4a4b-4994-9318-257d682aabe2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ice sculptures are seen at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province.
![A bus drives through the City of London financial district in London, on the first morning of England entering a third national lockdown since the coronavirus outbreak began.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2ba4d0dd-0258-4bbc-9ec4-6e33d83e0489_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bus drives through the City of London financial district in London, on the first morning of England entering a third national lockdown since the coronavirus outbreak began.
![An Orthodox Church believer lights candles on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the Prechistensky, the Cathedral Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ad703744-1e15-455a-bf67-3f914fb3e0c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Orthodox Church believer lights candles on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the Prechistensky, the Cathedral Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania.