A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 18, 2017
![Christian Orthodox priests reenact the baptism of Jesus, during the traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony at the Qasr-el Yahud baptism site in the Jordan river near the West Bank town of Jericho.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b57e80fe-f492-483b-bcbc-0f5366ca39fa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Christian Orthodox priests reenact the baptism of Jesus, during the traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony at the Qasr-el Yahud baptism site in the Jordan river near the West Bank town of Jericho.
![A dock on Lake Leman, covered in ice, is pictured on a cold windy winter day in Versoix near Geneva, Switzerland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a2c08d1a-81f6-4553-a3db-521acf36799b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dock on Lake Leman, covered in ice, is pictured on a cold windy winter day in Versoix near Geneva, Switzerland.
![Arab Israeli women sit next to the ruins of their dwellings which were demolished by Israeli bulldozers in Umm Al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in Israel's southern Negev Desert.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2f254abc-666a-4272-9113-e26c13d64b48_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Arab Israeli women sit next to the ruins of their dwellings which were demolished by Israeli bulldozers in Umm Al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in Israel's southern Negev Desert.
![A baby monkey is cuddled by its mother to keep warm as the sub-zero temperatures freeze life during a fresh snowfall in Tangmarg, about 34 kilometers from Srinagar, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b1381c8a-3694-462f-9e4a-9948342b7dee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A baby monkey is cuddled by its mother to keep warm as the sub-zero temperatures freeze life during a fresh snowfall in Tangmarg, about 34 kilometers from Srinagar, India.