A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 17, 2015
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This image of the sun was taken on July 15, 2015, with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager onboard NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory Ahead (STEREO-A) spacecraft, which collects images in several wavelengths of light that are invisible to the human eye. This image shows the sun in wavelengths of 171 angstroms, typically colorized in blue. Image released, July 17, 2015.
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A worker adjusts plants to set up a labyrinth made of some 8,000 sunflowers in Mons, Belgium, as part of the city's celebrations as European capital of culture. The sunflowers were chosen to honor Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh's well-known painting, and cover 3,000 square meters on the city's main market square.
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Lucia Popian, president of G&L Popian, cleans and polishes the crucifix on the main altar, as part of the of the ongoing $177 million restoration of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The renovation, done in three phases over three years, started in 2012 and is slated to be finished before Pope Francios' visit in September 2015.
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Russia's Ekaterina Dyachenko (L) competes against Ukraine's Olga Kharlan during their women's team saber final at the World Fencing Championships in Moscow.