A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 17, 2016

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The Washington Monument is captured in the refelcting pool on the National Mall in Washington before daybreak.

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Evangeline Garcia paddles a boat-load of piglets to safety at a flooded village in Quezon city, metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Southwest monsoon rains brought about by a tropical storm continue to flood parts of the metropolitan and provinces causing school and work suspensions

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men prepare matza, traditional unleavened bread eaten during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, in the southern city of Ashdod.

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The pack compete in front of the Hubertus mill during the Amstel Gold Race in Beek, The Netherlands.