A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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Troops wait near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, before taking part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue.

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A boy, who lost his home in a huge fire on New Year's Day, carries a burnt bicycle in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. The fire, believed to have been ignited by firecrackers, razed hundreds of homes Thursday in one of more than a dozen fires reported across the country as Filipinos welcomed the New Year.

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A man prays a day before Moulid, which commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the central figure of the Islamic religion, at a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Every year, Egyptians celebrate Moulid by performing ritual dances and prayers and spending time with their families.

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A security guard watches as mourners place flowers and burn incense at the site of a New Year's Eve stampede at the Bund in Shanghai, China. The stampede, shortly before midnight on the city's historic waterfront, killed at least 36 revelers.