A look at the best news photos from around the world.
4 Janar 2017
![A woman walks a dog on a snow-covered path beside the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e40d642e-c62d-49e9-b822-bea133efea62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks a dog on a snow-covered path beside the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
![Tibetan Buddhist monks wait to collect boiling milk to distribute to devotees who are participating in a special religious prayer attended by Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra event at Bodhgaya, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/958ff907-db99-4020-9be5-a13908e1efa2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tibetan Buddhist monks wait to collect boiling milk to distribute to devotees who are participating in a special religious prayer attended by Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra event at Bodhgaya, India.
![Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi speak following a meeting with President Barack Obama about congressional Republicans' effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5d0ae9df-62d9-46c4-a5ae-0c9c5b362931_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi speak following a meeting with President Barack Obama about congressional Republicans' effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
![French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105 years old, reacts after he rode 22,528 kilometers (14,08 miles) in one hour to set a new record at the indoor Velodrome National in Montigny-les-Bretonneux, southwest of Paris, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9a0d9983-2ab3-4e54-89b8-0ad6c83007a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105 years old, reacts after he rode 22,528 kilometers (14,08 miles) in one hour to set a new record at the indoor Velodrome National in Montigny-les-Bretonneux, southwest of Paris, France.