News In Pics, January 6, 2023: Best photos from around the world

Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (L) blesses the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, as Pope Francis looks on (C) during his funeral mass at St. Peter's square in the Vatican on January 5, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo

Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka watches the ball after playing a shot during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on January 5, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo

This photograph taken on January 5, 2023, shows the interior of an apartment damaged after a missile strike Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on January 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Credit: AFP Photo

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone with David Shmelev, a seven-year-old child from Stavropol Krai region, who took part in the New Year Tree of Wishes nationwide charity campaign, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow on January 5, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo

Children play at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on January 5, 2023, during the opening ceremony of the 39th Harbin China International Ice and Snow Festival. Credit: AFP Photo