A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 18, 2018
![Smoke trails made by an Epsilon rocket are seen during the morning sunrise over Kimotsuki town in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. The Epsilon rocket, carrying the ASNARO-2 radar satellite developed by NEC, was launched from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center.](https://gdb.voanews.com/93b1255a-8eac-47ff-9744-998b696ade77_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke trails made by an Epsilon rocket are seen during the morning sunrise over Kimotsuki town in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. The Epsilon rocket, carrying the ASNARO-2 radar satellite developed by NEC, was launched from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center.
![Antonio Borges Serum, of the ethnic group "Hunikui" from Acre, Brazil, listens to a speech during a meeting by Amazonian indigenous in Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios province, Peru.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2818ac7d-c1ec-44b3-8487-50238f6a8f7b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Antonio Borges Serum, of the ethnic group "Hunikui" from Acre, Brazil, listens to a speech during a meeting by Amazonian indigenous in Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios province, Peru.
![A strong wave hits the shore in Saint-Joseph, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, as the tropical storm Beguitta passes near the island.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f474a27a-b05a-4068-b22e-0fa11680fa4d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A strong wave hits the shore in Saint-Joseph, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, as the tropical storm Beguitta passes near the island.
![Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watch a dance performance by Jukebox Collective Cardiff Castle in Cardiff, Wales.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03712eb1-454d-4f4b-a04a-7722863ca14d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watch a dance performance by Jukebox Collective Cardiff Castle in Cardiff, Wales.