• A Nepalese constituent assembly member breaks a chair as tensions flare at parliament in Kathmandu. Fighting broke out in Nepal’s parliament early January 20, with Maoist lawmakers throwing chairs and injuring four security officers, as tensions ran high ahead of a deadline to complete a new national constitution. Bikash Karki / AFP
    A Nepalese constituent assembly member breaks a chair as tensions flare at parliament in Kathmandu. Fighting broke out in Nepal’s parliament early January 20, with Maoist lawmakers throwing chairs and injuring four security officers, as tensions ran high ahead of a deadline to complete a new national constitution. Bikash Karki / AFP
  • Two females Japan’s red-crowned crane fight in the early morning cold below minus 15 degrees centigrade at a winter feeding field in Tsurui, Hokkaido Island, Japan. The island of Hokkaido hosts a variety of rare animals. Some are endangered species under special protection by the country. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
    Two females Japan’s red-crowned crane fight in the early morning cold below minus 15 degrees centigrade at a winter feeding field in Tsurui, Hokkaido Island, Japan. The island of Hokkaido hosts a variety of rare animals. Some are endangered species under special protection by the country. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
  • Indian schoolchildren watch as supporters of Indian political party Aam Admi Party (AAP) dance during party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in New Delhi. Chanan Khanna / AFP
    Indian schoolchildren watch as supporters of Indian political party Aam Admi Party (AAP) dance during party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in New Delhi. Chanan Khanna / AFP
  • A poster of Cuban President Raúl Castro and his brother, former President Fidel Castro, is seen in a street of Havana. Yamil Lage / AFP
    A poster of Cuban President Raúl Castro and his brother, former President Fidel Castro, is seen in a street of Havana. Yamil Lage / AFP
  • Indian Hindu devotees travel in the luggage compartment of an overcrowded train as they return home after offering prayers on Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, the third and the most auspicious date for bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
    Indian Hindu devotees travel in the luggage compartment of an overcrowded train as they return home after offering prayers on Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, the third and the most auspicious date for bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
  • An Indian Hindu devotee prays at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on “Mauni Amavasya,” or new moon day, the third and the most auspicious date of bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP
    An Indian Hindu devotee prays at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on “Mauni Amavasya,” or new moon day, the third and the most auspicious date of bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP
  • Nepalese riot police personnel stand guard in front of a barricade during a general strike in Kathmandu. The general strike was called by various opposition parties, including the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to demand that the draft of the new constitution is done on time through consensus. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
    Nepalese riot police personnel stand guard in front of a barricade during a general strike in Kathmandu. The general strike was called by various opposition parties, including the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to demand that the draft of the new constitution is done on time through consensus. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
  • Residents of the besieged rebel town of Douma, 13 kilometres (eight miles) north-east of Damascus, ride through the street at night during an electricity shortage. Abd Doumany / AFP
    Residents of the besieged rebel town of Douma, 13 kilometres (eight miles) north-east of Damascus, ride through the street at night during an electricity shortage. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she is presented a historic handbell by the chairman of the board of the German Bourse, Reto Francioni (not in picture), during the New Year 2015 reception of the ‘Deutsche Boerse’ (German Bourse) in Eschborn, Germany. Boris Roessler / EPA
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she is presented a historic handbell by the chairman of the board of the German Bourse, Reto Francioni (not in picture), during the New Year 2015 reception of the ‘Deutsche Boerse’ (German Bourse) in Eschborn, Germany. Boris Roessler / EPA

Best photography from around the world, Jan. 20

Rob Gurdebeke

January 20, 2015

The Natonal View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from a round the world

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