A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 20, 2019
![An Iraqi protester carrying his national flag walks past graffiti during ongoing anti-government protests, at Tahrir square in the capital Baghdad.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6dcd4813-f75d-47c9-88b8-179759873841_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi protester carrying his national flag walks past graffiti during ongoing anti-government protests, at Tahrir square in the capital Baghdad.
![A mask covers the mouth and nose of the St. Mother Theresa with a child statue during smog and heavy air pollution in Kosovo capital Pristina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e3760bb2-98f6-40a8-883b-b8561faab7ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mask covers the mouth and nose of the St. Mother Theresa with a child statue during smog and heavy air pollution in Kosovo capital Pristina.
![Members of the Karnataka Reserve Police Force swing their sticks to beat two men on a scooter who rode too close to a barricade set up on a street in Mangalore amid heightened security due to protests over India’s new citizenship law.](https://gdb.voanews.com/94e61647-0e71-4036-90f1-c0a25dbb179a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Karnataka Reserve Police Force swing their sticks to beat two men on a scooter who rode too close to a barricade set up on a street in Mangalore amid heightened security due to protests over India’s new citizenship law.
![Workers wearing a pig and rat costume clean windows on a building in Tokyo, Dec. 19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/502ddd21-ac58-4c21-af9c-0f05d66f0933_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers wearing a pig and rat costume clean windows on a building in Tokyo, Dec. 19, 2019.