A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 15, 2015
![The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-19M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/23439fcc-acb6-4abe-8730-812fc6172d8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-19M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
![British astronaut Tim Peake, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), waves to his children from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a23a10a9-95f2-46de-9c12-1e810f59f673_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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British astronaut Tim Peake, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), waves to his children from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
![Smoke trails made by an Epsilon rocket are seen during the morning sunrise over Kimotsuki town in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. The Epsilon rocket, carrying the ASNARO-2 radar satellite developed by NEC, was launched from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b995760e-cefa-41b1-a76f-f8f938e7dc68_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke trails made by an Epsilon rocket are seen during the morning sunrise over Kimotsuki town in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. The Epsilon rocket, carrying the ASNARO-2 radar satellite developed by NEC, was launched from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center.
![Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, takes part in drumming 'music therapy' as she attends the Anna Freud Centre Family School Christmas Party at Anna Freud Centre, in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/816d54b0-0a81-4973-bfd7-fd4596312aad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, takes part in drumming 'music therapy' as she attends the Anna Freud Centre Family School Christmas Party at Anna Freud Centre, in London.