A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 1, 2018
![Participants take part in the annual New Year's Day Parade in central London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9ee73366-e20c-4efd-a1a1-02dbaed3123e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants take part in the annual New Year's Day Parade in central London.
![ Supermoon rises over a mosque in the Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c832acbf-16f1-4a8a-b9b1-7a1bd0d02b3c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supermoon rises over a mosque in the Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates.
![Students react as water from earthen pitchers is poured on them to take a holy bath during an annual month-long Hindu religious festival of Magh Mela in Ahmedabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3c35121d-4782-40b8-82db-7a6b491ca2e2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students react as water from earthen pitchers is poured on them to take a holy bath during an annual month-long Hindu religious festival of Magh Mela in Ahmedabad, India.
![Water safety guards take a bath in the cold water of the Lech river in Fuessen, southern Germany, to welcome the New Year 2018 during their traditional winter swimming event.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b8977917-da0f-4bc0-a23a-8d4ce422942e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Water safety guards take a bath in the cold water of the Lech river in Fuessen, southern Germany, to welcome the New Year 2018 during their traditional winter swimming event.