A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 21 ມັງກອນ 2016
![Sri Lankan fireball dancers are seen performing during the inauguration of the annual 'Duruthu Perahera' festival at Kelani Buddhist temple, in the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 20, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c44d79c6-0781-4bc4-af64-0c4f93fdd639_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sri Lankan fireball dancers are seen performing during the inauguration of the annual 'Duruthu Perahera' festival at Kelani Buddhist temple, in the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 20, 2016.
![Cross-country skiers make their way through the snowy landscape on the Grosser Arber mountain in Bayerisch Eisenstein east of Regensburg, southern Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/19623aaa-9e57-443c-a316-bb5fc6a7479d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cross-country skiers make their way through the snowy landscape on the Grosser Arber mountain in Bayerisch Eisenstein east of Regensburg, southern Germany.
![A woman wearing traditional opera make-up performs pole dance by the side of a lake under sub-zero temperatures, in Handan, Hebei province, China, Jan. 20, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/396db9c3-3893-4e1e-b9f6-adc001b030a5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman wearing traditional opera make-up performs pole dance by the side of a lake under sub-zero temperatures, in Handan, Hebei province, China, Jan. 20, 2016.
![A lantern installation of a dragon is displayed during a lighting test ahead of the park's lantern festival, in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f49792a8-f7ad-43fd-8371-78f09f3a447d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A lantern installation of a dragon is displayed during a lighting test ahead of the park's lantern festival, in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.