A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 5, 2019
![A woman holds a portrait of French President Emmanuel Macron painted as a royalty with a sign on top of it reading "14 mai 2017 restoration of the monarchy" during a demonstration against the pension overhauls, in Paris.](https://gdb.voanews.com/acd9180a-093b-4982-868a-ad8cec6aac4d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman holds a portrait of French President Emmanuel Macron painted as a royalty with a sign on top of it reading "14 mai 2017 restoration of the monarchy" during a demonstration against the pension overhauls, in Paris.
![Vietnam’s Le Phuong Thao examines the target during women's individual compound qualification round archery event at the Southeast Asian Games in Clarke, Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d9a42d52-5bd1-487a-bf87-9faa89b5e8a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vietnam’s Le Phuong Thao examines the target during women's individual compound qualification round archery event at the Southeast Asian Games in Clarke, Philippines.
![U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives to deliver remarks on the status of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fdd71f2b-92c6-4f07-bf7d-d243595ada47_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives to deliver remarks on the status of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
![Afghans attend a candlelight vigil in Kabul in memory of Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese physician who was killed in an attack in Jalalabad.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4e058ca5-2fbf-45d7-aa0c-32129dc1c0af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghans attend a candlelight vigil in Kabul in memory of Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese physician who was killed in an attack in Jalalabad.
![A boy and a girl exchange glances at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/66bbc045-062a-4cae-997c-085f9c0e0710_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy and a girl exchange glances at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province.
![Workers install electricity cables on the banks of the river Ganges in preparation for the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/82cdd141-f4f0-40f3-8628-89bccfa5bbcb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers install electricity cables on the banks of the river Ganges in preparation for the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India.
![A man drinks a Frucola as a policeman chases demonstrators during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Dec. 4, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7644ded4-6836-43cb-9c39-a31a3e8afc15_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man drinks a Frucola as a policeman chases demonstrators during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Dec. 4, 2019.
![The Indonesia players celebrate a point during the match against Vietnam during the women's volleyball preliminary round at the Southeast Asian Games in Pasig, Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c30c4fd1-73b3-4350-bfca-8264193c0c8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Indonesia players celebrate a point during the match against Vietnam during the women's volleyball preliminary round at the Southeast Asian Games in Pasig, Philippines.
![Palestinian journalist Amjad Yaghi, and his mother Nevine Zouheir reunite after 20 years of separation, in Banha, Egypt.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cce4740b-4de3-40f1-98b8-82a21fdb0f8e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian journalist Amjad Yaghi, and his mother Nevine Zouheir reunite after 20 years of separation, in Banha, Egypt.
![Low-water levels are seen after a prolonged drought at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Dec. 4, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9bd45381-d60b-4676-b1f0-67476e68a3f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Low-water levels are seen after a prolonged drought at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Dec. 4, 2019.
![An employee for Japanese cosmetics company Kao removes a super thin transparent layer after using a palm-sized diffuser on her face, during a product demonstration in Tokyo, Dec. 4, 2019. The company unveiled what it said was the world's first spray-on skin, using fibers one-100th the thickness of a human hair to form a membrane covering the face.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ccd4717d-9427-4e88-bc84-aa4e348b7ea1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An employee for Japanese cosmetics company Kao removes a super thin transparent layer after using a palm-sized diffuser on her face, during a product demonstration in Tokyo, Dec. 4, 2019. The company unveiled what it said was the world's first spray-on skin, using fibers one-100th the thickness of a human hair to form a membrane covering the face.
![A man walks on a road on the Reichenau island near Constance, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/825a7371-0503-4e16-9bcf-9819aaa2b603_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks on a road on the Reichenau island near Constance, Germany.