A look at the best news photos from around the world.
2014 - The Year in Photos

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Children play around a man dressed as Batman at the Favela do Metro slum, area just near the Maracana stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 9, 2014.

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A worker is seen inside the Cuncas II tunnel, which will link the canals being built to move water from the Sao Francisco river to four states suffering from drought, mear the city of Mauriti, Ceara state, Brazil, January 28, 2014.
a project that is three years behind schedule and has doubled in cost from the original estimate of $3.4 billion, near the city of Mauriti, Ceara state, Brazil, Jan. 28, 2014.
a project that is three years behind schedule and has doubled in cost from the original estimate of $3.4 billion, near the city of Mauriti, Ceara state, Brazil, Jan. 28, 2014.

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This picture, released by the UNRWA, shows residents of the Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, lining up to receive food supplies, in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 31, 2014.

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A priest speaks to riot police and anti-government protesters at the site of recent clashes in Kyiv, February 12, 2014.