A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 3, 2019
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Devotees cross a pontoon bridge over the river Ganga during "Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India.
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Children wearing costumes wait to perform during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Feb. 2, 2019.
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A member of the Cryophile amateur winter swimmers' club rubs himself with snow after bathing in the icy waters of the Yenisei River during below freezing temperatures in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Feb. 2, 2019.
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A priest of the Afro-American Umbandista cult launches a basket with offerings into the sea to Iemanja, the African goddess of the sea, at Ramirez beach in Montevideo, Feb. 2, 2019.
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Visitors walk through a tunnel decorated with lanterns at a light show to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in Xian, Shaanxi, China.
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Amelia Rankin stands in flooded waters in Hermit Park, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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Mummies lie in a recently discovered burial chamber in the desert province of Minya, south of Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 2, 2019. Egypt announced that it found a number of ancient burial chambers cut in rock, with about 40 mummies that are in good shape, along with pottery, papyri and exquisite mummy cases.
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Johan Weber of Germany and Dmitry Koltakov of Russia compete during the final round of the FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship at the Medeo rink in Almaty, Kazakhstan.