A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 1, 2014

1
A man works at an iron and steel scrap workshop at an industrial area in Mumbai, India.

2
Police officers beat up protesters as they try to disperse them outside government headquarters in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround government headquarters.

3
Swedish Member of Parliament Barbro Westerholm (L) speaks to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden (live streamed from Moscow, Russia) during the Right Livelihood Award ceremony at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm.

4
SoftBank Corp's human-like robot named "Pepper" introduces Nestle's coffee machines at an electronic shop in Tokyo, Japan.