A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 18, 2024
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People pass by a damaged electric pole caused by flooding due to heavy rains near the Chaman area of Pakistan. Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said, bringing the number of dead from recent extreme weather to at least 63.
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An Israeli strike lights up the sky above the southern Lebanese village of Khiam late on April 17, 2024. Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that Israel attacked south Lebanon's Marjayoun district and the villages of Khiam and Kfar Kila with "strikes and heavy artillery and phosphorus" overnight.
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Cornelius Mawa, 28, a porter, carries Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail and Electronic Voting Machines as he crosses a suspension bridge to reach a distant polling station in Shillong in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, India, April 17, 2024.
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This handout image taken and released by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation on April 17, 2024, shows Mount Ruang spewing hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.