A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 17, 2024
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Vehicles sit abandoned in floodwater covering a major road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emiratesy, dumping over a year and a half's worth of rain on the desert city-state of Dubai over a period of hours.
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A cloud of smoke erupts down the road from an explosion as a man drives an animal-drawn cart loaded with jerrycans in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
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Bleached coral is seen in a reef at the Costa dos Corais in Japaratinga in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, April 16, 2024. Brazil is bracing for what may be its worst-ever coral bleaching event as extremely warm waters damage reefs in the country's largest marine reserve, threatening the area's tourism and fishing industry earnings.
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Rescuers work at the site of a destroyed building during a Russian missile strike in Chernihiv, Ukraine.