A look at the best news photos from around the world.
2014 - The Year in Photos

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A child, hugging a cat, rests under a shelter at the earthquake zone in Ludian county, Zhaotong, Yunnan province, China, August 5, 2014.

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Visitors run away as waves go past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, August 13, 2014.

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Displaced Yazidis, escaping violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State group, head toward the Syrian border on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate, August 11, 2014.

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Workers hang outside the clock face as they clean the Big Ben clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, August 18, 2014.