A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 17, 2017
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Impoverished Indian children watch a performance that's part of advocacy against child labor, in Allahabad.
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Preparations continue at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. (Photo: B. Allen/VOA)
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Police officers remove an activist during an anti-death-penalty protest at the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C.
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to deliver a speech about leaving the European Union, at Lancaster House in London.