A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 5, 2020
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Bernadette Foster, a Dignams Creek resident, is seen with her pet dogs at the evacuation center in Cobargo, as bushfires continue in New South Wales, Australia.
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The coffins of slain top commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, are transported atop a vehicle upon their arrival at Ahvaz International Airport in southwestern Iran. A tide of mourners packed the streets of the city of Ahvazto pay respects to top general Soleimani, days after he was killed in a U.S. strike.
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Riot police pour water on the face of an anti-government protester who was pepper sprayed while getting detained after an anti-parallel trading protest at Sheung Shui, a border town in Hong Kong.
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Tourists walk in front of an ice sculpture ahead of the opening of the Harbin International Snow and Sculpture Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province, Jan. 4, 2020.