A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 1, 2016
![Novice Buddhist monks look at a mobile phone on the ruins of Prasat Hin Phimai, an ancient Khmer temple in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeast Thailand, Jan. 29, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4fa26608-738b-48bc-84d4-01f43af5a91c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Novice Buddhist monks look at a mobile phone on the ruins of Prasat Hin Phimai, an ancient Khmer temple in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeast Thailand, Jan. 29, 2016.
![In this photo provided by the Prefecture Maritime Atlantique, the 164-meter (538-foot) cargo ship Modern Express is towed as it drifts off the coast of France. The ship had been adrift for five days in southwest France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d467ef8a-efc4-429d-baed-30e2e9f37c99_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this photo provided by the Prefecture Maritime Atlantique, the 164-meter (538-foot) cargo ship Modern Express is towed as it drifts off the coast of France. The ship had been adrift for five days in southwest France.
![A participant competes in the "Farinato Race" winter extreme run competition in Gijon, northern Spain, Jan. 31, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/73b1020c-1475-420b-9f57-70d17e2942f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A participant competes in the "Farinato Race" winter extreme run competition in Gijon, northern Spain, Jan. 31, 2016.
![An aerial view of a forest after a snowfall in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, Jan. 31, 2016](https://gdb.voanews.com/51cf7fdf-f42f-4fe1-a2e0-d27d367221f9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial view of a forest after a snowfall in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, Jan. 31, 2016