A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 2, 2018
![Street performers dance on Tverskaya Street during a festival marking the New Year and Christmas in central Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/db8c0ff4-c8ef-42f6-a533-fcd3c97c04d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Street performers dance on Tverskaya Street during a festival marking the New Year and Christmas in central Moscow, Russia.
![Indonesian bus passengers watch as Mount Sinabung spews thick smoke in Karo, North Sumatra.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9b680327-790f-45a5-be64-d5d9157fab8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indonesian bus passengers watch as Mount Sinabung spews thick smoke in Karo, North Sumatra.
![Camels walk across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometers west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival.](https://gdb.voanews.com/54ac03f6-4839-41f1-9858-6dbc8f757cd5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Camels walk across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometers west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival.
![A young devotee grasps water while offering prayers on the banks of the Hanumante River during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bf746395-93be-46f3-bdcc-805d8ab989d5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young devotee grasps water while offering prayers on the banks of the Hanumante River during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal.