A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 12 ມັງກອນ 2015
![A Syrian man carries wood for a fire in the rebel-held city of Douma, Jan. 11, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5fee7d18-23af-496d-aabf-11cc54ae2ae3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian man carries wood for a fire in the rebel-held city of Douma, Jan. 11, 2015.
![Afghan children who work as water vendors search for customers at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d5efb1d6-d979-4ec6-8d20-44cded8c0873_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan children who work as water vendors search for customers at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul.
![A Japanese woman in a kimono puts on lipstick on a platform of a train station after a Coming of Age Day celebration ceremony in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f65eafe2-d5f2-44b6-8539-b1cc7885e4a1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Japanese woman in a kimono puts on lipstick on a platform of a train station after a Coming of Age Day celebration ceremony in Tokyo.
![Competitors begin the 8th stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 on the Salar de Uyuni salt flat, from Uyuni to Iquique, Bolivia, Jan. 11, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09416401-5e5d-44a4-8220-2d0ea96c6371_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Competitors begin the 8th stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 on the Salar de Uyuni salt flat, from Uyuni to Iquique, Bolivia, Jan. 11, 2015.