A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 13, 2018
![Rescue workers search the wreckage after a high-speed train crash in Ankara, Turkey. Nine people were killed and nearly 50 were injured when a high-speed train struck a locomotive and crashed into a raised station area and overpass, officials said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8ae8b925-cfce-476e-b9c6-94e5dbfc01cd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescue workers search the wreckage after a high-speed train crash in Ankara, Turkey. Nine people were killed and nearly 50 were injured when a high-speed train struck a locomotive and crashed into a raised station area and overpass, officials said.
![Visitors look at silk lanterns set up at the Foucaud Park in Gaillac, France, during the Lantern Festival, Dec. 12, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a6f71a75-e828-4659-915c-f70847067fed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors look at silk lanterns set up at the Foucaud Park in Gaillac, France, during the Lantern Festival, Dec. 12, 2018.
![A Mandarin Duck, a bird species from East Asia, flies over water in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b5596ac6-c66e-4f2f-99b9-7c31b2fbeb93_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Mandarin Duck, a bird species from East Asia, flies over water in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City.
![Jennifer Lopez attends the world opening of the film "Second Act" at Regal Union Square Stadium 14 in New York, Dec. 12, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/035cc04f-461b-47d0-bcbc-fdf7c44dab90_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jennifer Lopez attends the world opening of the film "Second Act" at Regal Union Square Stadium 14 in New York, Dec. 12, 2018.