A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 5, 2022

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A health worker wearing a personal protective equipment suit holds a child infected with COVID-19 inside a ward at the Commonwealth Games village sports complex, temporarily converted into a coronavirus care center, in New Delhi.

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South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, near the border with North Korea, in South Korea. North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said.

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GCK Motorsport's Guerlain Chicherit and co-driver Alex Winocq crash during stage 4 of the annual Dakar Rally, from Al Qaysumah to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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A man takes a photo of windows of a police kiosk damaged by demonstrators during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan.