A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 5, 2014

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Lightning can be seen as a large storm front crosses over the Sydney, Australia, suburb of Wakehurst. A severe thunderstorm hit parts of Sydney Friday afternoon and damaged more than 100 properties.

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መሓመድ ዓሊ(ካሲስ ክለይ)፡ ሻምፕዮን መኸተ ጉስጢ ከቢድ ሚዛን ዓለም ዝነበረ

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The "Black Vultures" art installation by artist Cristina Planas line a street in Villa Wetlands, a protected natural area south of Lima, Peru. The installation, made up of vultures sculpted on dead palm trees, represent workers collecting garbage from different areas of the city and is displayed as part of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 20.

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Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb explosion in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city, Baghdad, Iraq. A string of car bomb attacks across Iraq killed dozens of people on Thursday.