A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 17, 2019
![A boy walks past a restaurant closed after a suicide attack there killed four Americans, two soldiers and two civilians, on January 16 in the northern Syrian city of Manbij.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7a4e37e6-1f29-4c9e-b127-0cb476709c24_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy walks past a restaurant closed after a suicide attack there killed four Americans, two soldiers and two civilians, on January 16 in the northern Syrian city of Manbij.
![French President Emmanuel Macron (R) appears at the door of a troop transport aircraft during a visit to a French air base near Toulouse, southern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9979d23c-1a16-4855-838f-0c6853baa292_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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French President Emmanuel Macron (R) appears at the door of a troop transport aircraft during a visit to a French air base near Toulouse, southern France.
![People stand by candles placed in the shape of a heart in remembrance of Pawel Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdansk, Poland, who died January 14 after being stabbed at an event in the city.](https://gdb.voanews.com/df46b0c4-3864-4948-aea9-adf7ad6d4b14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand by candles placed in the shape of a heart in remembrance of Pawel Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdansk, Poland, who died January 14 after being stabbed at an event in the city.
![A priest blesses a hedgehog in observance of the feast of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals, at the l'Escola Pia church in Barcelona, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6d53597c-2e39-4a17-a3a3-56eb5308443a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A priest blesses a hedgehog in observance of the feast of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals, at the l'Escola Pia church in Barcelona, Spain.