A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 6, 2019

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Dancers in traditional ethnic clothing perform at a temple fair at Longtan Park in Beijing, China. Chinese people are celebrating the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Pig on the Chinese zodiac.

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New Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, of the Juna Akhara attend the Dikasha ritual on the banks of the river Ganges during the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India.

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Venezuelan military forces block the Tienditas Bridge, in the border between Cucuta, Colombia and Tachira, Venezuela. Venezuela blocked the bridge ahead of an expected humanitarian aid shipment, as opposition leader Juan Guaido stepped up his challenge to President Nicolas Maduro's authority.

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An AFP journalist runs as smoke rises behind after a bombardment in Bakhmut, Eastern Ukraine.