A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 12, 2017
![The buildings of the banking district are seen through thousands of rain drops on a glass railing in central Frankfurt, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/71d9c165-1d79-4cd9-af27-8e5f7abd7102_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The buildings of the banking district are seen through thousands of rain drops on a glass railing in central Frankfurt, Germany.
![Peugeot's driver Sebastien Loeb, of France, and co-driver Daniel Elena, of Monaco, race during stage 8 of the Dakar Rally between Uyuni, Bolivia and Salta, Argentina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/83b78aa3-43a7-43cc-bb10-f67650baf11f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Peugeot's driver Sebastien Loeb, of France, and co-driver Daniel Elena, of Monaco, race during stage 8 of the Dakar Rally between Uyuni, Bolivia and Salta, Argentina.
![A full moon rises behind U.S. Border Patrol agent Josh Gehrich as he sits atop a hill while on patrol near Jacumba, California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/18d1fd10-fd43-488b-a229-4a07d2f9deb1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A full moon rises behind U.S. Border Patrol agent Josh Gehrich as he sits atop a hill while on patrol near Jacumba, California.
![A Syrian boy runs while carrying bread following a reported airstrike by government forces, in the Syrian town of Binnish, on the outskirts of Idlib.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1c865a36-4f57-4be9-8d2f-940ef1d10274_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian boy runs while carrying bread following a reported airstrike by government forces, in the Syrian town of Binnish, on the outskirts of Idlib.