A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 1, 2019
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An Iranian girl shows her hand with a slogan reading in Farsi: "Ready to sacrifice my self for the leader" at the tomb of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of Khomeini's return from exile from Paris at his mausoleum in southern Tehran.
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Mourners hold paper cutouts of yellow butterflies, symbols of sexual slavery victims, during a funeral ceremony of former South Korean "comfort woman" Kim Bok-dong, who was forced to serve as a sex slave for Japanese troops during World War II, near the Japanese embassy in Seoul.
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An artist performs with a raccoon dog during the presentation of the new show "Wonderful Home" at the Belarus State Circus in Minsk, Belarus.