A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 9, 2015
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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands in front of a line of Kurdish flags at a position on the frontline in the Gwer district, 40 kilometers south of Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.
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An activist flies a "marriage pride flag" outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The justices of the Supreme Court were scheduled to meet to determine whether the court will take up any of the five pending state-banned same-sex marriage cases in Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky and Louisiana.
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People walk on a beach along the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India.
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People look at a light installation during the "City of Angels" show based on Russian ornamental and fine arts, at the Bolshoi Theatre building in Moscow.