A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 12, 2019

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Visitors watch the annual year-end illumination in the Shiodome district in Tokyo, Japan.

2
A police officer and a man perform a Hongi after a ceremony called "Karakia," attended by Ngati Awa representatives and relatives of the victims of the volcano eruption, at the Mataatua Marae house in Whakatane, New Zealand.

3
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson holds his dog Dilyn as he leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London.

4
An Iraqi demonstrator carries molotov cocktails during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad.