A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 3, 2024
![People stand near a collapsed building following an earthquake in Wajima, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-4df0-08dc0c844c2a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand near a collapsed building following an earthquake in Wajima, Japan.
![A milkman pushes his bicycle through a pedestrian bridge on a cold foggy winter morning in Islamabad, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-f516-08dc0c843230_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A milkman pushes his bicycle through a pedestrian bridge on a cold foggy winter morning in Islamabad, Pakistan.
![Volunteers wash a pelican covered in oil at the Guindy National Park in Chennai, India, after its rescue from a large oil spill at Ennore creek due to Cyclone Michaung.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-5e76-08dc0c840cc7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Volunteers wash a pelican covered in oil at the Guindy National Park in Chennai, India, after its rescue from a large oil spill at Ennore creek due to Cyclone Michaung.
![Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience, in Paul VI hall at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-51ab-08dc0c844d7a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience, in Paul VI hall at the Vatican.