A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 12, 2017
![An explosion rips Austria's main gas pipeline hub and sends a fireball into the sky, at Baumgarten, Vienna.](https://gdb.voanews.com/da6c65b6-c732-43d3-a830-730fc30a62d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An explosion rips Austria's main gas pipeline hub and sends a fireball into the sky, at Baumgarten, Vienna.
![Chinese artist and environmental activist Kong Ning unveils her latest creation in support of the One Planet Summit, in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/39e372f4-396b-4b83-8680-35a12399df86_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chinese artist and environmental activist Kong Ning unveils her latest creation in support of the One Planet Summit, in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France.
![Afghan burqa-clad women leave a shop at a market in Mazar-i-Sharif.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e7cf3230-01ef-4eda-98b1-2abee5385ab6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan burqa-clad women leave a shop at a market in Mazar-i-Sharif.