A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ՕՐՎԱ ԼՈՒՍԱՆԿԱՐՆԵՐ 3 հունվարի, 2018
![The Capitol is seen in Washington as White House officials plan to meet with the Republican and Democratic leaders of both chambers to discuss the budget.](https://gdb.voanews.com/feddf95b-86a4-412e-aeec-ff4a50772130_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Capitol is seen in Washington as White House officials plan to meet with the Republican and Democratic leaders of both chambers to discuss the budget.
![Shiite clerics and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Moblisation units) mourn the death of a religious member of their community Sheikh Mohannad al-Mayahi, who died of his wounds two months after he was injured in the conflict in Mosul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e9ae7a7a-4c5e-4c8d-8dd4-01974fafb898_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shiite clerics and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Moblisation units) mourn the death of a religious member of their community Sheikh Mohannad al-Mayahi, who died of his wounds two months after he was injured in the conflict in Mosul.
![A member of a minstrel troupe marches in the city center of Cape Town during the annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) Cape Town Minstrels Carnival.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8729b63b-2fe3-4147-a92d-0d3a014cdc71_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of a minstrel troupe marches in the city center of Cape Town during the annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) Cape Town Minstrels Carnival.
![Rescue workers stand at the scene after a bus crashed with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of Lima, Peru.](https://gdb.voanews.com/42a15081-8951-4a5f-892e-ea6c6376f779_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescue workers stand at the scene after a bus crashed with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of Lima, Peru.