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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/32bdacac-9596-4369-98f2-321887d057f6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Supporters surround a police bus carrying political activist Edward Leung as it leaves the High Court in Hong Kong.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f8d05d66-379a-4408-a719-44e7f8ec7669_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters surround a police bus carrying political activist Edward Leung as it leaves the High Court in Hong Kong.
![Israeli acrobat Tel Karassin performs on a car-free highway, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv, Israel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3cc9992-879a-4b29-9599-81b0eefa7187_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b3cc7c73-c913-447e-879c-88e01af03694_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![A woman carries a fish on her head in a small fishing village in Porto Mosquito, Cape Verde.](https://gdb.voanews.com/eda371fa-0739-43d6-8b8a-e2f30319e987_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman carries a fish on her head in a small fishing village in Porto Mosquito, Cape Verde.
![Two young women ride their horses along the shore of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/20ddf2a5-bb34-4489-8f44-d8171475d1fd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two young women ride their horses along the shore of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany.
![A red squirrel eats a walnut in Pitlochry, Scotland, Britain, Oct. 8, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b9ff41fd-f112-4f44-96f8-edd69757aad2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A red squirrel eats a walnut in Pitlochry, Scotland, Britain, Oct. 8, 2019.
![A morning fog is seen in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, Oct. 8, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/011d7b4d-8687-4190-bbe2-9470b31f20fd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A morning fog is seen in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, Oct. 8, 2019.