A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 30, 2014
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fa834150-29cc-40e7-b2a4-7c72b3f37c95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7bc5b04d-843d-4974-90f5-35c4b46b63cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/91e38f28-0dc7-4d99-b8cb-e9ca3a67a69a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/528059bf-0207-4fea-8781-c403bf5cd456_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.