A look at the best news photos of 2017 from around the world.
Top News Photos of the Year 2017
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Fire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey Park neighborhood, Oct. 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California. More than 200 fire engines and firefighting crews from around the country were rushed to California to help battle infernos which have left at least 21 people dead and thousands homeless.
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Investigators load bodies from the scene of a mass shooting at a music festival near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on the crowd from the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 58 people.
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Solar panel debris is seen scattered in a solar panel field in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Oct. 2, 2017. President Donald Trump strenuously defended U.S. efforts to bring relief to storm-battered Puerto Rico, even as one island official said Trump was trying to gloss over "things that are not going well," two weeks after devastating Hurricane Maria left much of the island without electricity, fresh water or sufficient food.
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People cheer after voting at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government at the Gracia neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 1, 2017. The Spanish government and its security forces are trying to prevent voting in the independence referendum, which is backed by Catalan regional authorities.