A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 16, 2017
![Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) react after a car bomb exploded during an operation to clear the al-Andalus district of Islamic State militants, in Mosul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/657430fa-2ca4-46d0-a645-71cc3e98ba36_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) react after a car bomb exploded during an operation to clear the al-Andalus district of Islamic State militants, in Mosul.
![Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, second left, accompanied by their wives, Akie Abe, second right, and Tran Nguyet Thu, right, review an honor guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b49d6aa3-665b-49e9-8d8e-3eeed91a6e4f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, second left, accompanied by their wives, Akie Abe, second right, and Tran Nguyet Thu, right, review an honor guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam.
![A man clears snow from a rooftop in Oishida, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/61835de0-d53d-459b-9d66-7949c5f653df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man clears snow from a rooftop in Oishida, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
![Visitors look at a digital installation which is a part of "Dance! Art Exhibition, Learn & Play!" by Japanese group teamLab in Taipei, Taiwan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b528d9d7-7baa-4a61-9c56-cd2202fd8aae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors look at a digital installation which is a part of "Dance! Art Exhibition, Learn & Play!" by Japanese group teamLab in Taipei, Taiwan.