A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 31, 2025

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People watch lion dancers as they perform at a temple fair on the third day of the Lunar New Year of the Snake in China's capital, Beijing.

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A follower of Seydina Limamou Laye looks on during the 145th anniversary of the day he declared he was the Mahdi, at Seydina Limamou Lahi Al Mahdi Mausoleum in Senegal's capital, Dakar.

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People sit around a table atop the wreckage of their house, destroyed during the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah, in the village of al Jibbain in southern Lebanon.

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Second-place Thomas Soltwedel, left, winner Fabian Menzel and third-place Jerome Boehm, right, perform after the German Deer Calling Championship on the sidelines of the Jagd & Hund (Hunting and Dog) trade fair in Dortmund, Germany.