A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 18, 2023
![People in cars and on bikes make their way through thick smog in Lahore, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-4a23-08dbfff65bb0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People in cars and on bikes make their way through thick smog in Lahore, Pakistan.
![The flag-covered casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington. O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died Dec. 1 at age 93.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-8d43-08dbfff6c720_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The flag-covered casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington. O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died Dec. 1 at age 93.
![Pedestrians struggle to walk through wind and rain as they cross a street in Boston, Massachusetts.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-e09d-08dbfff65f08_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pedestrians struggle to walk through wind and rain as they cross a street in Boston, Massachusetts.
![Firemen work to put out a fire after a blast at an oil terminal in Conakry, Guinea. The death toll from the blast has risen to 13, a senior police source said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-770d-08dbfff87730_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firemen work to put out a fire after a blast at an oil terminal in Conakry, Guinea. The death toll from the blast has risen to 13, a senior police source said.