A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 19, 2019
![A fireman fights a bushfire to protect a property in Balmoral, 150 kilometers southwest of Sydney.](https://gdb.voanews.com/46ff9bdb-00f8-4319-bffa-aaabdde2e6bd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fireman fights a bushfire to protect a property in Balmoral, 150 kilometers southwest of Sydney.
![A man carries plastic containers on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0bd25f96-83ee-4c34-ba39-c02079a24564_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man carries plastic containers on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan.
![A Bangladeshi man rides his loaded-up rickshaw next to the Buriganga River in Dhaka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/26494de8-6112-4a38-91e3-8d4eaaa607b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Bangladeshi man rides his loaded-up rickshaw next to the Buriganga River in Dhaka.
![Czech painter and designer Martin Cerny stands in front of a curtain during general repair work of Prague's State Opera building in Prague, Czech Republic.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ca5c7660-dabf-4d26-902c-cba7e1e0b61b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Czech painter and designer Martin Cerny stands in front of a curtain during general repair work of Prague's State Opera building in Prague, Czech Republic.