A look at the best news photos and the most interesting photos from around the world.
January 6, 2017
![A child plays in an art installation called The Beach as they "float" on polyethylene balls as part of the annual Sydney Festival, Australia. The Beach at The Cutaway, Barangaroo Reserve, comprises 1.1 million recyclable polyethylene balls that create an ocean gently lapping against a 60-meter-wide shoreline free of sand created by New York-based design studio Snarkitecture.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4eb6a71d-77ad-4184-8f64-0b3544dc3a30_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child plays in an art installation called The Beach as they "float" on polyethylene balls as part of the annual Sydney Festival, Australia. The Beach at The Cutaway, Barangaroo Reserve, comprises 1.1 million recyclable polyethylene balls that create an ocean gently lapping against a 60-meter-wide shoreline free of sand created by New York-based design studio Snarkitecture.
![In this image taken with a fisheye lens, he sun rises over downtown Seattle on a misty morning as viewed from the roof of the Space Needle.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6a11f8fa-4250-45c2-b51a-4d0b6c4c560d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this image taken with a fisheye lens, he sun rises over downtown Seattle on a misty morning as viewed from the roof of the Space Needle.
!['Sprinter' the polar bear enjoys the water in a zoo in Hannover, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9f33cc95-01f6-4f0b-acba-88dd66cae2d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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'Sprinter' the polar bear enjoys the water in a zoo in Hannover, Germany.
![Sun light shines on one of the clocks on the cathedral in Frankfurt, Germany, on a cold and sunny day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9884cbbd-21d6-4d7f-bce4-42b9023d5e82_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sun light shines on one of the clocks on the cathedral in Frankfurt, Germany, on a cold and sunny day.