A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 9, 2019
![Demonstrators clash with riot police as thousands march against Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno's decision to slash fuel subsidies, in Quito.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cf6d827a-a061-4069-97fe-f171d9bf7ac2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators clash with riot police as thousands march against Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno's decision to slash fuel subsidies, in Quito.
![Civilians flee during Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d26d1daf-dcb4-4eaa-aa76-8606397f1f0d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Civilians flee during Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border.
![Members of the Turkana community work unblocking an irrigation canal to provide water to their sorghum crops in an arid dry area in Nanyee, near Lodwar, Turkana County, Kenya.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d24bc171-138f-41f4-8a0c-9870401ddb00_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Turkana community work unblocking an irrigation canal to provide water to their sorghum crops in an arid dry area in Nanyee, near Lodwar, Turkana County, Kenya.
![Asahi Kasei honorary fellow Akira Yoshino, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, holds a mock of lithium-ion battery and a flower bouquet during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f198e5ac-83c7-48bf-bdd2-4432b12d7f1a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Asahi Kasei honorary fellow Akira Yoshino, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, holds a mock of lithium-ion battery and a flower bouquet during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan.