A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 6, 2019
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Dancers in traditional ethnic clothing perform at a temple fair at Longtan Park in Beijing, China. Chinese people are celebrating the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Pig on the Chinese zodiac.
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Newly initiated Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara attend the Dikasha ritual on the banks of the river Ganges during the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India.
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Venezuelan military forces block the Tienditas Bridge, in the border between Cucuta, Colombia and Tachira, Venezuela, with containers. Venezuela blocked the bridge ahead of an anticipated humanitarian aid shipment, as opposition leader Juan Guaido stepped up his challenge to President Nicolas Maduro's authority.
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President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2019.
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Special guest Joshua Trump falls asleep while U.S. First lady Melania Trump (L) and special guest Grace Eline listen to the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2019. Joshua is a sixth-grade student from Wilmington, Delaware, who has been bullied over his last name.
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Rescue workers rescued a woman from the debris of an eight-story building which collapsed in Istanbul, Turkey. The building collapse killed at least one person and trapping several others inside the rubble, Turkish media reports said.
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A robot wearing a nurse costume carries medical documents at Mongkutwattana General Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Performers take part in a fire dragon dance under a shower of molten iron sparks on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Pig, in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, China, Feb. 5, 2019.
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Surfers kitesurf in good wind and weather in Tableview, about 15km from the center of Cape Town, South Africa.