A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 26, 2016

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The Capitol in Washington at sunrise

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, leafs through a book he gave to Pope Francis as a gift, during their private audience at the Vatican.

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Children sit near their demolished home as authorities clear out a slum area on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Hundreds of families were left destitute after government workers used mechanical diggers to flatten the slum as the bitter competition for land intensifies in the fast-industrializing city.

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Law enforcement personnel converge on an area near a parking garage adjacent to Building 26 at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California. An active shooter situation was reported, according to a post on the medical center's Facebook page.