A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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![A party hat lies on the ground after New Year's celebrations in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York.](https://gdb.voanews.com/50ad1c14-224e-4975-ad10-ebcff110ece0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A party hat lies on the ground after New Year's celebrations in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York.
![Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai in the aftermath of a huge fire that engulfed several floors of the building. The fire ripped through the luxury Dubai hotel late on Dec. 31, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2a79b22a-b9f0-4270-8511-bafc06bcc0a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai in the aftermath of a huge fire that engulfed several floors of the building. The fire ripped through the luxury Dubai hotel late on Dec. 31, 2015.
![People pray on the first day of the new year at the Shinto Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dd30df4e-099a-4186-9409-ee54b3af58ed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People pray on the first day of the new year at the Shinto Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan.
![Volunteers from non-governmental organizations (NGO) arrange more than 2,500 discarded lifejackets, used by refugees and migrants, in the shape of the peace symbol on the Greek island of Lesbos.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2fc7369e-cba6-4835-897a-471d7fe231d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Volunteers from non-governmental organizations (NGO) arrange more than 2,500 discarded lifejackets, used by refugees and migrants, in the shape of the peace symbol on the Greek island of Lesbos.