Year in Review: Best News Photos of 2015
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Law enforcement officers stand, with some turning their backs, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks on a monitor outside the funeral for NYPD officer Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 4, 2015.