Gallery: The best photos from around the world
12 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Migrants stretch their hands above a fire at the Lipa camp outside Bihac, Bosnia.Credit:AP
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Event organizers test the New Year's Eve Ball ahead of the official Times Square celebration.Credit:AP
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Pro-choice demonstrators celebrate with green fumes after the right to an abortion is legalised in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Credit:Getty Images
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Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans attempts a shot defended by Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges and Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the NBA game at Phoenix Suns Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.Credit:Getty Images
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A U.S. Air Force B-52H 'Stratofortress' from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, is refueled by a KC-135 'Stratotanker' in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.Credit:AP
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Gertrud Schop lights candles in the shape of a cross for the approximately 32,000 victims of Covid-19 in Germany on her property in Zella -Mehlis, Germany.Credit:Getty Images
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Antti Aalto of Finland flies over the town of Oberstdorf during his first competition jump at the Four Hills Tournament 2020 Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf, Germany. Credit:Getty Images
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A pro EU protestor stands in parliament square in front of Parliament during the debate in the House of Commons on the EU (Future Relationship) Bill in London, UK.Credit:AP
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A person is lowered from a rescue helicopter near the site where a big landslide hit a residential area in the village Ask, some 40 km north of Oslo, Norway.Credit:AP
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A horse stands in front of a collapsed house in Majska Poljana, Croatia.Credit:AP
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Fire crews investigate the scene of a fire in an apartment building in St. Louis, USA.Credit:AP
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People run following an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed. No one on board the government plane was hurt but initial reports said several people at the airport were killed.Credit:AP