A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 18, 2015
![Buildings in construction are seen among mist during a hazy day in Rizhao, Shandong province, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01a08293-89d1-4d5e-9247-98d102baf0ff_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Buildings in construction are seen among mist during a hazy day in Rizhao, Shandong province, China.
![A boy searches for reusable plastic bottles while being pelted by waves brought by typhoon Koppu in Manila Bay. Powerful typhoon Koppu ploughed into the northeastern Philippines before dawn destroying homes and displacing 10,000 people and whipping up coastal surges four meters (12 feet) high, disaster agency officials said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/434c9bdd-f21a-44e1-843d-fae74dab6bf0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy searches for reusable plastic bottles while being pelted by waves brought by typhoon Koppu in Manila Bay. Powerful typhoon Koppu ploughed into the northeastern Philippines before dawn destroying homes and displacing 10,000 people and whipping up coastal surges four meters (12 feet) high, disaster agency officials said.
![Shi'ite fighters launch artillery toward Islamic State militants in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji. Iraqi forces backed by Shi'ite militia fighters say they have retaken a mountain palace complex of former President Saddam Hussein from Islamic State fighters, as government forces push ahead on a major offensive against the insurgents.](https://gdb.voanews.com/713e55c0-6acc-4b0a-982e-2940e175a735_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shi'ite fighters launch artillery toward Islamic State militants in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji. Iraqi forces backed by Shi'ite militia fighters say they have retaken a mountain palace complex of former President Saddam Hussein from Islamic State fighters, as government forces push ahead on a major offensive against the insurgents.
![A man and a young girl covers themselves from the rain with a banana leaf in the sea on the outskirts of Colon City, Panama, Oct. 17, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/64d41009-82ab-4752-a14a-26770b1c315b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man and a young girl covers themselves from the rain with a banana leaf in the sea on the outskirts of Colon City, Panama, Oct. 17, 2015.