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In Pictures: ST picks the best news photos of 2017
What made news in 2017? Here's a look at the best news photos from Singapore and around the world.
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Dec 29, 2017, 02:09 PM
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Dec 28, 2017, 01:07 PM
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SMRT officials examining two trains which had collided at Joo Koon MRT station on Nov 15.
ST PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO
A flooded area of Marina Beach on the Bay of Bengal coast after heavy rains in Chennai, India, on Nov 3.
PHOTO: AFP
A stalled train in the flooded tunnel between Bishan and Braddell MRT stations, on Oct 7, 2017.
PHOTO: ST READER
Mourners react as the Royal Urn of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is carried by the Great Victory Chariot during a royal cremation procession at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct 26.
PHOTO: REUTERS
The USS John S. McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, was involved in a collision with oil tanker Alnic MC in the Singapore Strait on Aug 21. The collision left a vast hole in the left rear of the US warship.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel (centre), Kimi Raikkonen (right) and Red Bull's Max Verstappen (hidden behind Vettel) were involved in a crash at the beginning of the Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay on Sept 17.
ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Halimah Yacob greeting her supporters after being declared the President-elect on Sept 13 at the nomination centre at People’s Association Headquarters.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers carrying out rescue operations after part of a new viaduct being built collapsed in Upper Changi Road East on July 14, killing one worker and injuring 10 others.
ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
The scene at Bishan MRT station at about 8.30am on Aug 18. A defective train added travel time of up to 45 minutes between Marina South Pier and Sembawang on the North-South Line.
ST PHOTO: JAMIE KOH
Residents use boats to evacuate flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey along Tidwell Road in Houston, Texas, on Aug 28.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Flames and smoke coming from Grenfell Tower in west London on June 14. The fire brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters had been activated in response to the blaze.
PHOTO: NATALIE OXFORD
A man watches the Thomas Fire in the hills above Carpinteria, California, on Dec 11.
PHOTO: AFP
People running from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct 1 after gunfire was heard.
PHOTO: AFP
Hong Joon Pyo, the presidential candidate of the Liberty Korea Party, waves to his supporters during his election campaign rally in Daegu, South Korea, on May 8.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Riot security forces clash with demonstrators during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in San Cristobal, Venezuela, on May 10.
PHOTO: REUTERS
US President Donald Trump acknowledging the crowd during his swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan 20.
PHOTO: AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured) guides the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated combination photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sept 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
French President elect Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Trogneux celebrate on the stage at his victory rally near the Louvre in Paris, France, on May 7.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People participating in a protest march for survivors of sexual assault and their supporters on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on Nov 12.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, who is on trial for the killing of Kim Jong Nam, is escorted as she revisits the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang, Malaysia, on Oct 24.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walking down a street in Raqa past destroyed vehicles and heavily damaged buildings after a Kurdish-led force expelled Islamic State (IS) group fighters from the northern Syrian city on Oct 20.
PHOTO: AFP
A burst pipe caused water to gush to a level higher than roadside lamp posts in Bukit Batok West on Sept 26.
ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
Plane debris is seen at the crash site of a Turkish cargo jet near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Jan 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Rohingya refugees cross the Naf River with an improvised raft to reach to Bangladesh at Sabrang near Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Nov 10.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A Somali man reacts next to a dead body on the site where a car bomb exploded at the center of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct 14.
PHOTO: AFP
Mount Agung erupting at night at the Kubu sub-district in Karangasem Regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Nov 28.
PHOTO: AFP
Military officials and fire brigade members work during a rescue mission after a building collapsed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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