A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 12, 2024
![Police officers use shovels to work through the ruins of the popular shopping area which was destroyed by fire in the disaster-hit city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the region on New Year's Day. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-0747-08dc139a8943_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police officers use shovels to work through the ruins of the popular shopping area which was destroyed by fire in the disaster-hit city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the region on New Year's Day.
![British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Major General Gwyn Jenkins, left, are shown damaged buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, ahead of meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to announce a major new package of military aid to Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-6241-08dc139abaf6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Major General Gwyn Jenkins, left, are shown damaged buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, ahead of meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to announce a major new package of military aid to Ukraine.
![Carpenters and workers pose during the ceremony of the traditional bouquet of flowers to celebrate the end of the reconstruction of the medieval choir framework of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019 that sent its spire crumbling down, as restoration works continue before its reopening, in Paris, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-4e24-08dc139aad32_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Carpenters and workers pose during the ceremony of the traditional bouquet of flowers to celebrate the end of the reconstruction of the medieval choir framework of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019 that sent its spire crumbling down, as restoration works continue before its reopening, in Paris, France.
![Team Nasser Racing's Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver Mathieu Baumel steer their car in the dunes during the second part of the 48h-chrono stage of the Dakar rally 2024, between Shubaytah and Shubaytah, Saudi Arabia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-c74c-08dc139aac0a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Team Nasser Racing's Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver Mathieu Baumel steer their car in the dunes during the second part of the 48h-chrono stage of the Dakar rally 2024, between Shubaytah and Shubaytah, Saudi Arabia.