• The New Year fireworks show at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gabriel Santos / Riotur / EPA
    The New Year fireworks show at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gabriel Santos / Riotur / EPA
  • A fisherman casts his net in the waters of a flood channel on the outskirts of Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A fisherman casts his net in the waters of a flood channel on the outskirts of Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • A Chinese woman wearing a mask and sunglasses to protect herself from smog, prays at the Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. Andy Wong / AP Photo
    A Chinese woman wearing a mask and sunglasses to protect herself from smog, prays at the Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. Andy Wong / AP Photo
  • A reveller takes a selfie in the confetti during the new year celebration in New York’s Times Square. Mary Altaffer / AP Photo
    A reveller takes a selfie in the confetti during the new year celebration in New York’s Times Square. Mary Altaffer / AP Photo
  • People watch the fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Leo Correa / AP Photo
    People watch the fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Leo Correa / AP Photo
  • A displaced Iraqi boy, who fled the violence in Mosul, poses for a picture at the Hasan Sham refugee camp, about 40km east of Erbil. Safin Hamed / AFP Photo
    A displaced Iraqi boy, who fled the violence in Mosul, poses for a picture at the Hasan Sham refugee camp, about 40km east of Erbil. Safin Hamed / AFP Photo
  • Fireworks won't be lighting up Big Ben this New Year's Eve.Getty Images
    Fireworks won't be lighting up Big Ben this New Year's Eve.Getty Images

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World in focus — best photos for January 1, 2017

Rob Gurdebeke

January 01, 2017

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A look at the best photos from around the world over the past 24 hours.

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