A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 20, 2016
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A police officer has her face and uniform splattered with red paint thrown by protesters during a rally at the U.S. Embassy in Manila to protest the recent Philippine Supreme Court's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Agreement or EDCA in the Philippines. The highest court's ruling effectively allows American forces, ships and planes to temporarily station in local military camps.
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A Zimbabwean subsistence farmer holds a stunted maize cob in his field outside Harare.
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U.S. journalist Jason Rezaian gestures next to his wife Yeganeh Salehi as he poses for the media in front of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. Rezaian was released from an Iranian prison last Saturday.
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Firefighters and residents try to put out a fire that swept over several houses in an informal settlers area in Manila, Philippines.