A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 18, 2016
![Soldiers stand guard in an armored vehicle outside the Splendid Hotel after al-Qaida militants killed at least 28 people in an attack on the hotel and a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3ca9e2f0-020d-46ca-a315-047f2d958159_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers stand guard in an armored vehicle outside the Splendid Hotel after al-Qaida militants killed at least 28 people in an attack on the hotel and a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
![Migrants and refugees use their sleeping blankets to keep warm as they walk along snow covered fields after crossing the Macedonian border into Serbia, near the village of Miratovac.](https://gdb.voanews.com/52d4b93b-78e9-43b7-ae7b-d86b64e42536_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrants and refugees use their sleeping blankets to keep warm as they walk along snow covered fields after crossing the Macedonian border into Serbia, near the village of Miratovac.
![Charlene of Monaco (C) walks past the Papal Swiss Guard upon her arrival at the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Francis.](https://gdb.voanews.com/87722c9d-a3f9-42b4-8ce0-2087c08b5ad8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Charlene of Monaco (C) walks past the Papal Swiss Guard upon her arrival at the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Francis.
![Flames from the engines of the Falcon 9 are visible as NASA's Jason-3 satellite blasts off through the thick fog aboard a SpaceX rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Jan. 17, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/34d22586-f4c9-41d0-ad01-ca78765f7832_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Flames from the engines of the Falcon 9 are visible as NASA's Jason-3 satellite blasts off through the thick fog aboard a SpaceX rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Jan. 17, 2016.