A look at the best news photos of 2017 from around the world.
Top News Photos of the Year 2017
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An Iranian man rests as he lies atop salvaged mattresses and items outside damaged buildings in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in the western Kermanshah province near the border with Iraq, Nov. 14, 2017, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that left hundreds killed and thousands homeless two days before.
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Chairs and roses show where people were found dead at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs where 26 people were killed one week earlier, as the church opens to the public as a memorial to those killed, in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Nov. 12, 2017.
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A Somali soldier helps a civilian who was wounded in a blast in the capital of Mogadishu, Oct. 14, 2017. A huge explosion from a truck bomb has killed at least 20 people in Mogadishu, police said, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they'd heard in years.
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An opposition politician of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition reacts after a gas canister fired by policemen hits his car during a protest along a street in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 13, 2017.