A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 13, 2025
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A protester shouts "Free Palestine," as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits a former locomotive shed and meets local citizens during the start of his Social Democratic (SPD) party election campaign tour, in Bielefeld.
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This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke plumes rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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A firefighter stands on a hillside covered with retardant as the Palisades Fire, one of several simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, burns in Mandeville Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, Jan. 12, 2025.
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Hindu pilgrims gather to take a holy dip in the sacred waters of Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj in India.