A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 9, 2015
![A French police officer speaks to a child as he secures an access to a school at the Castellane housing area in Marseille. Hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired on police in the French city, where Prime Minister was paying a visit, a police source said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b09b7d1d-1c6b-4d88-8697-6122284d4d87_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A French police officer speaks to a child as he secures an access to a school at the Castellane housing area in Marseille. Hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired on police in the French city, where Prime Minister was paying a visit, a police source said.
![Residents try to salvage their belongings from a heavily damaged building after shelling between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces in Donetsk.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0e3ab7f2-1cd2-46d0-982f-4f5c8fbfed21_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents try to salvage their belongings from a heavily damaged building after shelling between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces in Donetsk.
![A child throws water at a woman on a street during Carnival celebrations in summer at downtown Lima, Peru, Feb. 8, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/da499569-e4f3-49d5-9310-ffa97d3d6cd4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child throws water at a woman on a street during Carnival celebrations in summer at downtown Lima, Peru, Feb. 8, 2015.
![A man climbs an artificial wall of ice in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic, Feb. 8, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cdf904bf-ff84-46ad-afcf-eb639fbd5d37_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man climbs an artificial wall of ice in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic, Feb. 8, 2015.