A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 17, 2019
![Security forces guard the area around the site of an explosion at a police cadet training school in Bogota, Colombia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03833b73-6ca9-4321-abdf-a776be63080c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Security forces guard the area around the site of an explosion at a police cadet training school in Bogota, Colombia.
![A helicopter taking part in the operation to recover the bodies of skiers hit by an avalanche on Blabaerfjellet mountain on January 2, 2019, in northern Norway.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e21fd7e-70ee-48e2-809a-cb6016d7c4b2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A helicopter taking part in the operation to recover the bodies of skiers hit by an avalanche on Blabaerfjellet mountain on January 2, 2019, in northern Norway.
![A woman cries at Chiromo mortuary, which holds the bodies of victims of an Islamist attack January 15-16 at a hotel complex, in Nairobi, Kenya.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cc59f11a-31b7-4e68-bf47-6b72769da049_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman cries at Chiromo mortuary, which holds the bodies of victims of an Islamist attack January 15-16 at a hotel complex, in Nairobi, Kenya.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin finishes a mosaic during his visit to the Orthodox Christian Church of St. Sava in Belgrade, Serbia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fd768b0b-62d0-4b7f-8d9b-5c0e75d39a5c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin finishes a mosaic during his visit to the Orthodox Christian Church of St. Sava in Belgrade, Serbia.