A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 9, 2019

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A man shoots a firearm from behind a grey car in Halle, Germany, in this amateur video still image. Two people were killed in shooting attacks on a synagogue and a nearby kebab shop in the eastern German city. One suspect was arrested, but two others fled in a hijacked a car, officials said.

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Supporters surround a police bus carrying political activist Edward Leung as it leaves the High Court in Hong Kong.

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Israeli acrobat Tel Karassin performs on a car-free highway, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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An abandoned aircraft is seen in the suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand. The area, known as the "airplane graveyard", has become a tourist attraction in the Thai capital.

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A woman carries a fish on her head in a small fishing village in Porto Mosquito, Cape Verde.

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Two young women ride their horses along the shore of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany.

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A red squirrel eats a walnut in Pitlochry, Scotland, Britain, Oct. 8, 2019.

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A morning fog is seen in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, Oct. 8, 2019.