A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 17, 2019
![A boy walks past the shuttered doors of a restaurant that was the site of a suicide attack targeting US-led coalition forces in the flashpoint northern Syrian city of Manbij. which killed four US servicemen the previous day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7a4e37e6-1f29-4c9e-b127-0cb476709c24_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy walks past the shuttered doors of a restaurant that was the site of a suicide attack targeting US-led coalition forces in the flashpoint northern Syrian city of Manbij. which killed four US servicemen the previous day.
![French President Emmanuel Macron (R) appears at the door of a military troop transport aircraft as he meets with infantry paratroopers during a visit to deliver his 2019 New Year's wishes to the military forces, at the air force base 101 Toulouse-Francazal, near Toulouse, southern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9979d23c-1a16-4855-838f-0c6853baa292_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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French President Emmanuel Macron (R) appears at the door of a military troop transport aircraft as he meets with infantry paratroopers during a visit to deliver his 2019 New Year's wishes to the military forces, at the air force base 101 Toulouse-Francazal, near Toulouse, southern France.
![People throw colored powder during the Holi Festival of Colors in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/df46b0c4-3864-4948-aea9-adf7ad6d4b14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People throw colored powder during the Holi Festival of Colors in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
![A hedgehog is blessed by a priest at the l'Escola Pia church during the feast of Saint Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals, in Barcelona.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6d53597c-2e39-4a17-a3a3-56eb5308443a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A hedgehog is blessed by a priest at the l'Escola Pia church during the feast of Saint Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals, in Barcelona.