A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 9, 2017
![Palestinian barber Ramadan Odwan styles and straightens the hair of a customer with fire at his salon in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/57f2c562-6f21-4b0f-a916-46fbdd5f39c2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian barber Ramadan Odwan styles and straightens the hair of a customer with fire at his salon in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
![A bird flies as the Statue of Liberty is seen from Battery Park in New York.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0b8a507b-ab8a-4b94-afb3-18f2f1b18b3f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bird flies as the Statue of Liberty is seen from Battery Park in New York.
![BAFTA staff lay out heads-on-sticks marking the seating plan at the Royal Albert Hall in London, ahead of the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday February 12.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f8be06d4-2170-4b22-8f1b-5dd084e55cba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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BAFTA staff lay out heads-on-sticks marking the seating plan at the Royal Albert Hall in London, ahead of the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday February 12.
![Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf (L) kisses her father Khaled as her mother Fattoum (R) cries after arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d2d147d8-0834-4d5f-89e0-8eadee7c9f1c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf (L) kisses her father Khaled as her mother Fattoum (R) cries after arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.