A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 1, 2015
![Residents salvage their belongings after a raging fire engulfed around 2,000 houses in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines. At least eight people, including a seven-year-old child, died and thousands were displaced after a fire broke out in different locations in metro Manila as the New Year kicked off, local media reported.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e0786e85-bb08-4a73-9f09-12c8bf7f049d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents salvage their belongings after a raging fire engulfed around 2,000 houses in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines. At least eight people, including a seven-year-old child, died and thousands were displaced after a fire broke out in different locations in metro Manila as the New Year kicked off, local media reported.
![A U.S. soldier from Dragon Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fires a Javelin missile system during their first training exercise of the new year near operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/024aac5e-a4e1-4e72-8ccb-1c57bd01edaa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A U.S. soldier from Dragon Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fires a Javelin missile system during their first training exercise of the new year near operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan.
![A reveler dressed up as a "stick man" takes part in New Year's celebrations in Coin, near Malaga, southern Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ffb687ab-3840-43ea-9d90-af28bddbefe9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A reveler dressed up as a "stick man" takes part in New Year's celebrations in Coin, near Malaga, southern Spain.
![A young Egyptian Christian girl sings during New Year's Eve Mass at the Cave Cathedral or St. Sama'ans Church in the Moqattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e4787f54-5beb-4c9f-a094-545a24444957_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young Egyptian Christian girl sings during New Year's Eve Mass at the Cave Cathedral or St. Sama'ans Church in the Moqattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 31, 2014.