A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 24, 2019
![The flag-draped casket of late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is carried through National Statuary Hall during a memorial service at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4ea4235-a5ab-4ecf-a087-fd457be480ba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The flag-draped casket of late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is carried through National Statuary Hall during a memorial service at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
![A pro-democracy demonstrator wearing a mask in Hong Kong holds an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) during a protest in Hong Kong’s Chater Garden showing their solidarity with the Catalonian independence movement in Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/418d6015-30a9-4d6c-aaa7-24dda5fa1835_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-democracy demonstrator wearing a mask in Hong Kong holds an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) during a protest in Hong Kong’s Chater Garden showing their solidarity with the Catalonian independence movement in Spain.
![Embers blow in the wind as a tree trunk glows during the Kincade fire near Geyserville, California. The fire broke out in spite of rolling blackouts by utility companies in both northern and Southern California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4cba3ee-e8c7-4063-ac92-6bd37b613031_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Embers blow in the wind as a tree trunk glows during the Kincade fire near Geyserville, California. The fire broke out in spite of rolling blackouts by utility companies in both northern and Southern California.
![A suspect inside a vehicle reacts following a verdict that sentenced 16 people to death over the murder of a 19-year-old female student, in Feni, Bangladesh. The student was burnt alive in April, provoking outrage across the country.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c2ed89db-a1f8-4901-83bb-bca238c2be8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A suspect inside a vehicle reacts following a verdict that sentenced 16 people to death over the murder of a 19-year-old female student, in Feni, Bangladesh. The student was burnt alive in April, provoking outrage across the country.