A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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![Sea lion Leo poses after writing the Chinese character for "tiger", which is the upcoming new year's Chinese zodiac sign, during a press preview at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b8adaaa5-0d54-4546-982c-70ab51dd294d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sea lion Leo poses after writing the Chinese character for "tiger", which is the upcoming new year's Chinese zodiac sign, during a press preview at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan.
![A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and satellites of British firm OneWeb blasts off from a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/096fe8fd-f48b-447e-9911-c3ab1f46d91c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and satellites of British firm OneWeb blasts off from a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
![A woman reacts as she receives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine at a vaccination center in Ahmedabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/874823c2-55f7-4e5e-a864-8fcfbf1c7bc4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman reacts as she receives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine at a vaccination center in Ahmedabad, India.
![A devotee counts butter lamps before she lights them at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fc21171d-3075-4e4a-926b-7a367dd7504c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A devotee counts butter lamps before she lights them at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.