These images show some of the big events that defined 2023.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Year-Ender 2023: Biggest News Events In Pictures
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A woman pauses at a memorial at a vigil honoring the victims of a shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Monday, January 23, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif. A gunman killed multiple people late Saturday amid Lunar New Years celebrations in the predominantly Asian American community. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Family members of a mosque blast victim weep during a protest against the militancy and the suicide blast inside a police headquarters in Peshawar on February 1, 2023. - A mosque blast that killed 101 people -- mostly police officers -- in northwest Pakistan this week has put a city long scarred by violence back on edge, residents said. (AFP/Abdul MAJEED)

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Women react at the site of a collapsed building in the aftermath of a major earthquake in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 8, 2023. More than 9,000 people have died and thousands more injured after two major earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 06 February. Authorities fear the death toll will keep climbing as rescuers look for survivors across the region. (EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA)

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walk next to Saint Michael’s cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 20, 2023. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)