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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
Image source, Jaimi Joy / Reuters
An Elvis Presley impersonator leans against the Elvis Express in Sydney before the train departs for the Parkes Elvis Festival, around seven hours inland.
Image source, Hector Retamal / AFP
Image caption,Children play during the opening ceremony of the 39th Harbin China International Ice and Snow Festival.
Image source, Toby Melville / Reuters
Image caption,Keeper Jessica Ray poses with a clipboard in front of a tank of Humboldt penguins during the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo.
Image source, Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters
Image caption,Team Audi Sport's Mattias Ekstrom and co-driver Emil Bergkvist on stage two of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
Image source, Guglielmo Mangiapane / Reuters
Image caption,Cardinals attend the funeral of former Pope Benedict in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. The former Pope died on New Year's Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after standing down because of ill health.
Image source, Carl De Souza / AFP
Image caption,Mourners queue to pay respects to Pele while he was lying in state at the stadium of his former club Santos. Pele, a three-time World Cup winner, died at the age of 82 on 29 December.
Image source, John Wessels/ AFP
Image caption,A fisherman walks into the Sine Saloum Delta in Senegal ahead of a night of fishing for prawns.
Image source, Juan Gonzalez / Reuters
Image caption,A woman walks to safety as wildfire causes damage to homes in rural areas around Santa Juana, Chile.
Image source, Jure Makovec / AFP
Image caption,Frances Caroline Colombo, seen in silhouette, competes in the women's 7.5km (4.6 miles) sprint competition at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia.
Image source, Jeff Overs / BBC
Image caption,Fireworks light up the sky over London as part of the new year celebrations which were watched by crowds of more than 100,000 on the banks of the River Thames.
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