A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 13, 2016
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Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men, smeared with ash, pass on a chillum to smoke inside their makeshift camps near the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, ahead of the "Makar Sankranti" festival at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata, India.
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Honda rider Ricky Brabek, top, from the USA is followed by Sherco TVS rider Juan Pedrero Garcia, center, from Spain, and Yamaha rider France's Adrien Van Beveren, during the ninth stage of the 2016 Dakar Rally, in Belen, Argentina, Jan. 12, 2016.
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Participants take a "selfie" at a sunflower field in Bangkok, Thailand.
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A car covered with ice remains stranded on the waterfront in Hamburg, New York, Jan. 12, 2016. The owner left his Mitsubushi Lancer parked overnight outside a restaurant on Sunday and the next day, spray from Lake Erie had encased it in ice.