A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 2, 2017
![Venezuelan soldiers take part in a military parade in Caracas, Feb. 1, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6f290ab7-bead-4366-a0aa-b184559d0cae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Venezuelan soldiers take part in a military parade in Caracas, Feb. 1, 2017.
![The sky clears up over a war monument in Duesseldorf, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/da759dd7-d24f-4ee3-9ab1-fd5a20b60d51_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The sky clears up over a war monument in Duesseldorf, Germany.
![Seats held by Democrats are empty during a boycott of the Senate Finance Committee executive session over the nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be Treasury secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3c5d8b41-0f0c-4055-9aa2-6c5e91e49b70_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Seats held by Democrats are empty during a boycott of the Senate Finance Committee executive session over the nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be Treasury secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2017.
![Harry Weiss of Germany, front, competes with his dog-sled during Trans-Thuringia 2017, a dog-sled race with purebred dogs, near Masserberg, central Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/67aea72f-c085-4476-8257-7413406d33b8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Harry Weiss of Germany, front, competes with his dog-sled during Trans-Thuringia 2017, a dog-sled race with purebred dogs, near Masserberg, central Germany.