A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 28, 2015
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Free Syrian Army fighter Ahmed al-Hussein pets puppies near the frontline in Aziza village in the southern countryside of Aleppo.
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Smoke from Israeli shelling covers the Lebanese town of Al-Majidiyah (L) on the Lebanese border with Israel as the town of Al-Ghajar is seen on the right. Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack against a military convoy in an Israeli-occupied border area.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) poses with members of a Carnival dance troupe in Berlin. Merkel traditionally receives carnival princes and princesses annually from every German state at the Chancellery prior to the start of the carnival season.
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Visitors stand on the viewing platform of the new 360-degree panorama 'Dresden 1945 - Tragedy and Hope of a European City' by Berlin-based artist Yadegar Asisi in the Asisi Panometer in Dresden, eastern Germany. The panorama, which is more than 30 meters high and has a 100-meter circumference, shows the city of Dresden after the bombings in February 1945.