A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 5 ມັງກອນ 2016
![Pupils hold sheets with kanji characters they wrote during a calligraphy contest to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2395b80e-8364-4eae-b34a-0ff86cdeb107_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pupils hold sheets with kanji characters they wrote during a calligraphy contest to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, Japan.
![Kiyoshi Kimura, second from left, president of Kiyomura Co., poses a bluefin tuna at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/45439ef8-c875-4e22-97c9-15e08037e354_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kiyoshi Kimura, second from left, president of Kiyomura Co., poses a bluefin tuna at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.
![Internally displaced people carry buckets of water as they walk during the cold weather in Jerjnaz camp, in Idlib province, Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d045f039-86ef-42e8-a39d-4cd8b48970c8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Internally displaced people carry buckets of water as they walk during the cold weather in Jerjnaz camp, in Idlib province, Syria.
![Ice formations are seen at the beach near Fakse Ladeplads, south of Copenhagen, Denmark. Daytime temperatures in the area are between zero and -4º C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7489519d-e94d-4ef5-ba9d-f242c1319e64_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ice formations are seen at the beach near Fakse Ladeplads, south of Copenhagen, Denmark. Daytime temperatures in the area are between zero and -4º C.