A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 8, 2019
![A potter works to prepare for the Hindu Pongal festival, or Makar Sankranti, in a village near Chennai, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3300ed51-66fc-47aa-879c-a5ecc57cf08d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A potter works to prepare for the Hindu Pongal festival, or Makar Sankranti, in a village near Chennai, India.
![An oil tanker burns near Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c32a2494-d191-43a2-9dc4-657ae5e87c56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An oil tanker burns near Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China.
![Seagulls fly over the Burj Hammoud's garbage area near Beirut's port on the northern entrance of the capital in Lebanon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d078540b-4b02-450e-8c34-dce3e515fd26_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Seagulls fly over the Burj Hammoud's garbage area near Beirut's port on the northern entrance of the capital in Lebanon.
![A man removes snow from a roof during a winter storm in Filzmoos, Austria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d90ca62e-a08e-48d7-93cd-19773f6d49c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man removes snow from a roof during a winter storm in Filzmoos, Austria.