A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 18, 2019
![A worker stands inside a container full of plastic waste at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia is sending hundreds of containers of waste back to Western nations after finding they included hazardous materials.](https://gdb.voanews.com/202b85b5-f494-4f4d-8b99-d26bd284dcd2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker stands inside a container full of plastic waste at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia is sending hundreds of containers of waste back to Western nations after finding they included hazardous materials.
![A Hindu priest blesses weapons belonging to Tripura State Rifles during the Vishwakarma Puja or the festival of the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery in Agartala, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d22d2758-949f-4a25-beb5-353688d80741_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Hindu priest blesses weapons belonging to Tripura State Rifles during the Vishwakarma Puja or the festival of the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery in Agartala, India.
![A light show plays from the top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2b6c34ea-99c9-492d-80fb-3c7a9a86e6da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A light show plays from the top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore.
![Sixteen year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and House Select Climate Crisis Committee joint hearing on "Voices Leading the Next Generation on the Global Climate Crisis" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e8dd4b53-fede-4277-8475-aa0045e96524_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sixteen year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and House Select Climate Crisis Committee joint hearing on "Voices Leading the Next Generation on the Global Climate Crisis" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.