A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 19, 2014
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Waves hit an Indonesian tanker that ran aground near Narathiwat in southern Thailand. The tanker, loaded with palm oil and previously hijacked by its crew members and then seized by Thai authorities, was anchored some 400 meters from the beach but strong wind and waves broke it free.
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The illuminated Christmas tree is seen in the old city in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Window cleaners dressed as horse and sheep zodiac animals clean the glass exterior of a hotel in Tokyo. During the year-end "zodiac" hand-over event, the outgoing Year of Horse handed a window wiper to the successor Year of Sheep.
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A spectator with a head ornament watches a match during the fifth and final day-night international match between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Zayed International Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE.