A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 14, 2020

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In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency, Soyuz MS-17 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

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Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right, depart Building 254 to head to their launch onboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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A police officer reacts during clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and royalists during a anti-government protest on the 47th anniversary of the 1973 student uprising, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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A resident shows the level of water in his cellar area at an apartment following heavy rains in Hyderabad, India.