The world in 2017 - in pictures

Take a look at a selection of the best images from 2017

A man cries as he carries his daughter while walking from an ISIL-held part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during the battle to retake the city. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters / March 4, 2017

A man cries as he carries his daughter while walking from an ISIL-held part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during the battle to retake the city. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters / March 4, 2017

Dec 20, 2017

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