A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 21, 2025

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A homeless man sits in a doorway as snow falls in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. A rare frigid storm is charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways and grounding nearly all flights.

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Congolese displaced fleeing the area of Minova leave the port of Nzulo to seek shelter in Goma Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese army said that M23 fighters had made a "breakthrough" in the east of the country after the armed group seized Minova, a trading hub that supplies the city of Goma.

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Palestinians rush to take aid from a truck, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

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People walk around a deceased fin whale washed up on Ballinclamper beach, near Dungarvan, Ireland, Jan. 20, 2025.