A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 5, 2024
![A local resident clears debris from an apartment at a heavily damaged residential building, three days after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-124d-08dc0e245a3d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A local resident clears debris from an apartment at a heavily damaged residential building, three days after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv.
![Floodwater covers the pitches at Buckhurst Hill football club, northeast of London on after heavy rain brought flooding to much of the country.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-17bf-08dc0e24adcb_cx0_cy9_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Floodwater covers the pitches at Buckhurst Hill football club, northeast of London on after heavy rain brought flooding to much of the country.
![A woman kisses a picture of Mercedes Oria Amar, who was killed at the site of the Nova festival during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas gunmen, in Reim, in southern Israel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-ff7a-08dc0e2450ee_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A woman kisses a picture of Mercedes Oria Amar, who was killed at the site of the Nova festival during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas gunmen, in Reim, in southern Israel.
![Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan, right, sweeps the ball in front of Australia's Alex Carey on the third day of their cricket test match in Sydney.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-30b3-08dc0e244762_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan, right, sweeps the ball in front of Australia's Alex Carey on the third day of their cricket test match in Sydney.