A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 31, 2017
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A Ukrainian soldier inspects a crater caused by an explosion in Avdiivka. Fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine escalated, killing at least eight people, injuring dozens and briefly trapping more than 200 coal miners underground, the warring sides reported.
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People perform a fire dragon dance during the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Jan. 30, 2017.
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Pooh, a one-year-old cat, with bionic paws, walks in a vet clinic in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pooh, who is thought to have lost his legs in a car or train accident last April, is back on the prowl thanks to veterinary surgeon Vladislav Zlatinov.
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This image obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory showing a lava stream, pouring out of the lava tube on the sea cliff at the Kamokuna ocean entry from the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Jan. 29, 2017.