A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 9, 2018
![Teenager Luc makes a backflip on skis in the small resort of Zinal, Swiss Alps, after the access road which was cut by heavy snowfall reopened.](https://gdb.voanews.com/60262243-6fe1-4e4a-8b23-d678cdac25a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Teenager Luc makes a backflip on skis in the small resort of Zinal, Swiss Alps, after the access road which was cut by heavy snowfall reopened.
![A child sits inside a bus on its way to a boarding school on the opening day of the new school term in Mbare township, Harare, Zimbabwe.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9b69067d-6322-428a-a8d0-4740c3296572_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child sits inside a bus on its way to a boarding school on the opening day of the new school term in Mbare township, Harare, Zimbabwe.
![Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Kisenosato performs the New Year's ring-entering rite at the annual celebration for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/08beafef-723f-463c-b83e-d9e5ec2f4fe8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Kisenosato performs the New Year's ring-entering rite at the annual celebration for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.
![Roman Catholic devotees jostle to grab the rope pulling the carriage of the image of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day in Manila, Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/73f9cdc9-1e18-42bf-b21b-8a2773f6fee9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Roman Catholic devotees jostle to grab the rope pulling the carriage of the image of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day in Manila, Philippines.