A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 6, 2016
![Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2cfe0482-bb76-4230-8c69-23eaaa620668_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan.
![Greek Orthodox faithful Nikolas Solis, 28, a pilgrim from Agrinio of Greece, kisses a wooden crucifix in the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0226395f-3064-4a54-817e-cab497b1a415_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Greek Orthodox faithful Nikolas Solis, 28, a pilgrim from Agrinio of Greece, kisses a wooden crucifix in the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey.
![A man dressed as Caspar (C), one of the Three Wise Men, stands on a float as he parades with his entourage during the traditional Epiphany parade in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 5, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ab873537-809e-470f-8e0a-638a2f41383f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man dressed as Caspar (C), one of the Three Wise Men, stands on a float as he parades with his entourage during the traditional Epiphany parade in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 5, 2016.
![School children cross a makeshift pedestrian bridge over a drain covered with garbage at a slum in Karachi, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5021810e-5bfc-44b2-97f1-74fef64c9e37_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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School children cross a makeshift pedestrian bridge over a drain covered with garbage at a slum in Karachi, Pakistan.