A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 5, 2025
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A statue depicting the late Syrian President Hafez Assad is seen destroyed on the top of a mount in Dayr Atiyah.
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A person holds signs as the hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter, pauses at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm in Archery, Georgia, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
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A boy participates in a New Year calligraphy contest at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
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Buildings lie in ruin in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel.