A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 30, 2014
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The sea lion 'Sarasa' holds a hose with her mouse to help a trainer clean her room at the Shinagawa Aqua Stadium aquarium in Tokyo, Japan.
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Family members of passengers on AirAsia flight QZ8501 react after watching news reports showing a body floating in the Java Sea, inside the crisis center set up at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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Paper pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are displayed in front of a giant statue of Lord Murugan during the month-long "1600 Pandas World Tour" at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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People ride past a road damaged by flooding at Kuala Krai in Kelantan, Malaysia. The worst flooding in Malaysia in more than a decade has killed 10 people and forced nearly 160,000 from their homes and more rain is expected, authorities said.