A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 19, 2015
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took a series of 17 photographs from the International Space Station during a single flyover of Australia on Oct. 12-13, 2015. This first photo of the series was posted with the caption, "#EarthArt in one pass the #Australian continent.
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Jammu and Kashmir lawmaker Abdul Rashid Sheikh, left, reacts after suspected activists of a right-wing organization threw ink on his face at a press conference in New Delhi, India. According to local reports, Rashid had been protesting against the death of a Muslim teenager attacked by a Hindu mob over rumors of cows being slaughtered.
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Residents cross a swelling dam due to rising waters brought about by Typhoon Koppu, in Las Pinas city, metro Manila. Typhoon Koppu swept across the northern Philippines, killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (3rd R) and wife Ri Sol Ju (4th L) enjoy an art performance given by the Chongbong Band to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.