News In Pics, January 4, 2023: Best photos from around the world

A health worker speaks with a patient on a wheelchair in the emergency department of a hospital in Beijing. Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums after Beijing suddenly dismantled its zero-Covid lockdown and testing regime. Credit: AFP Photo

Members of the National Guard are pictured as the casket of Brazilian soccer legend Pele is transported by the fire department, from his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium. Credit: Reuters Photo

Chilean-born Mexican singer-songwriter Mon Laferte walks around her exhibition

Supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah movement attend a commemoration ceremony in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs marking the third anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Credit: AFP Photo

Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves following a hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, US. He pleaded not guilty. Credit: Reuters Photo

Members of right and centre-right social, political and religious groups take part in the

Protests following the arrest of Santa Cruz governor and right-wing opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Credit: Reuters Photo