A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 1, 2021
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Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Bangkok, Thailand.
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A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling shot to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during a protest against Israeli settlements, in Deir Jarir in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Police officers gesture during a patrol on New Year's day as a nighttime curfew is reimposed amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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People gather at Southern Beach of Chigasaki to watch the sunrise on New Year's Day in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo.