A look at the best news photos from around the world.
1. This frame grab from a user-generated content (UGC) video shows cracks on the walls of a restaurant in Lhatse County in China's Tibet after an earthquake struck the area. A devastating earthquake in Tibet killed at least 126 people and collapsed "many buildings," state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighboring Nepal's capital Kathmandu and parts of India.
2. A child blows a candle during the Christmas morning service at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City.
3. Displaced Palestinian man Tayseer Obaid sits with his family in an underground pit he dug at their tent encampment to protect them from Israeli strikes, in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Jan. 6, 2025.
4. A woman with face covered in cloth, walks past a wall mural promoting awareness on using face masks, in Varanasi, amid alleged media reports suggesting that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has detected cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in India.
5. A passenger jet navigates past storm clouds as it prepares to land at Los Angeles International Airport amid the beginning of a major wind storm in Southern California, taken from the city of Commerce, California.
6. People participate in snowball fight at Meridian Hill Park, as a winter storm that brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to a broad swath of the U.S. hits Washington, Jan. 6, 2025.
7. This picture taken on January 6, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS shows the launch of a hypersonic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
8. Members of the Funky Uptown Krewe parade as Twelfth Night kicks off Carnival season in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 6, 2025.
9. Divers use a pulley to enter a coal mine to rescue trapped miners in Umrangso, a remote area in the northeastern state of Assam, India.
10. Fog and snow surround an art installation, giving a pictured-framed view over the valley beneath, at the summit of Holme Moss in the Peak District, in northern England, after snow and rain continued to fall across parts of the United Kingdom.
11. Artists perform with traditional floats during the "Blacks and Whites" carnival parade in Pasto, Colombia, Jan. 6, 2025.