A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 2, 2015
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A Syrian man stands on top of rubble following an overnight rocket attack on the contested Bab al-Hadid neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo.
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Local residents dressed as Father Frost, an equivalent of Santa Claus, and his granddaughter Snegurochka (Snow-Maiden), walk with servicemen as they visit checkpoints of the Ukrainian army and self-defense units to congratulate the military with the coming of a New Year, near Lysychansk, Luhansk region.
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A woman holds a sign showing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as a soccer player during an anti-government protest called by civil groups in Budapest. The protest follows other rallies against Orban's government, which has seen a decrease in popularity over the past months.
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Firefighters stand on a ladder to inspect the Norman Atlantic multi-deck car-and-truck ferry docked at Brindisi harbor. Tugboats hauled the burnt-out ferry that caught fire on Sunday off the coast of Greece into the southern Italian port on Friday, opening the way for an investigation into the cause of the fire that killed at least 11 people.