A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 20, 2017
![President-elect Donald J. Trump arrives at the inauguration ceremonies swearing him in as the 45th president of the United States at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7428a859-07ea-45a5-9da5-afcd085a5c47_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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President-elect Donald J. Trump arrives at the inauguration ceremonies swearing him in as the 45th president of the United States at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
![Former President Barack Obama waves as he departs the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ce274449-034e-4c6e-bcce-c5646a2e0951_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former President Barack Obama waves as he departs the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
![Kenyan artist Evans Yegon alias "Yegonizer" poses for a photograph in front of his paintings of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and U.S. President Barack Obama at his studio inside the GoDown Art Center in Nairobi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09dacd14-cb05-430f-a018-722c464be7af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenyan artist Evans Yegon alias "Yegonizer" poses for a photograph in front of his paintings of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and U.S. President Barack Obama at his studio inside the GoDown Art Center in Nairobi.
![A child leaves his handprint on a freshly painted wall, which was covered with graffiti associated with the Mara Salvatrucha gang, during an operation aimed to erase gang-related graffiti at the El Bucaro settlement in Guatemala City, Guatemala.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fa9935f9-7953-43a9-80b8-a7ba1483c4f7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child leaves his handprint on a freshly painted wall, which was covered with graffiti associated with the Mara Salvatrucha gang, during an operation aimed to erase gang-related graffiti at the El Bucaro settlement in Guatemala City, Guatemala.