A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 16, 2016
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A boy plays in a swollen creek under a bridge in Manila,Philippines. Typhoon Sarika lashed the main Philippine island of Luzon, flattening homes and toppling trees and power pylons as more than 12,000 people fled to safer ground, officials said. Shanties built beside a river, under a creek are the usual victims of floodings.
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Pope Francis celebrates a Mass to canonize seven new saints, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Argentine 19th century "gaucho priest" José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, who ministered to the poor in the peripheries and is clearly a model for his papacy, is among the new saints pope is canonizing..
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A security guard looks at a damaged car during a visit by human rights activists to a community hall in Sana'a, Yemen, that was struck by an airstrike during a funeral on Oct. 8.
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A giant Sumantran tiger light sculpture is paraded through Sydney, Oct. 15, 2016, as part of celebrations of 100th anniversary of Taronga Zoo.