A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 29, 2014
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Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik gives the final touches to his sand sculpture portraying two missing aircraft, Air Asia QZ8501 and Malayasia Airlines MH370, on Golden Sea Beach at Puri, some 65 kms east of Bhubaneswar.
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Simon Ammann from Switzerland crashes after landing during the first round of the 63rd four-hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Germany.
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Filipino residents raise their passes bearing the face of former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada as they wait for their turn during a Christmas season gift-giving by the local government in the slum district of Tondo in Manila, Philippines.
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Thousands of beach-goers pack Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 28, 2014.