A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 3, 2019

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Visitors walk through a tunnel decorated with lanterns at a light show to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in Xian, Shaanxi, China.

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Amelia Rankin stands in flooded waters in Hermit Park, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Mummies lie in a recently discovered burial chamber in the desert province of Minya, south of Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 2, 2019. Egypt announced that it found a number of ancient burial chambers cut in rock, with about 40 mummies that are in good shape, along with pottery, papyri and exquisite mummy cases.

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Johan Weber of Germany and Dmitry Koltakov of Russia compete during the final round of the FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship at the Medeo rink in Almaty, Kazakhstan.