A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 9, 2020
![A boy plays under traditional Chinese lanterns decorations at the Thean Hou temple ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 9, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f393dd76-218c-4a0b-b9ce-bf66269902c2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy plays under traditional Chinese lanterns decorations at the Thean Hou temple ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 9, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
![Sean Wright stands for a picture before boarding the Elvis Express, bound for Parkes for the Elvis festival, at Central Station in Sydney, Australia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1ab89e46-c98b-470a-9d13-33488b00103b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sean Wright stands for a picture before boarding the Elvis Express, bound for Parkes for the Elvis festival, at Central Station in Sydney, Australia.
![Workers clean plastic bags used to carry industrial chemicals in the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a72e5589-d5c5-4c8d-a382-0a875c458237_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers clean plastic bags used to carry industrial chemicals in the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
![A woman collects dried incense sticks at a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village outside Hanoi, ahead of the Lunar New Year, known in Vietnam as Tet.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10dd9319-46e2-4565-a5ef-80660b23f84a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman collects dried incense sticks at a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village outside Hanoi, ahead of the Lunar New Year, known in Vietnam as Tet.