A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 17, 2021

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People wait in line in the freezing rain to fill their propane tanks in Houston, Texas. Millions in Texas still had no power after snowfall and extremely cold temperatures created a huge rise of demand for electricity to warm up homes not built for such extreme conditions.

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Demonstrators gather in an intersection near the Sule Pagoda to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Students pull a rope as they use a bamboo raft to cross a river at a village in Siron, Aceh, Indonesia.

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Lava flows from the Mt Etna volcano near Catania, Sicily, Italy, Feb. 16, 2021.