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The best photos of 2023 - part one: News
Monday's best photos: Midnight mass, from Chandigarh to Surabaya
Sunday's best photos: from an inflatable Santa to a bull race in Sumatra
Saturday's best photos: From mourners in Prague to a Florida rocket launch
Friday's best photos: From an installation in Kyiv to a procession in Guatemala
Thursday's best photos: From an ashram in Mathura to a protest in Buenos Aires