A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 18, 2019
![A woman views her phone as she walks past street art on a wall in London, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/14b7f388-42dc-4cb3-b317-535ef2613149_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman views her phone as she walks past street art on a wall in London, Britain.
![Catalan pro-independence demonstrators and Barcelona supporters light flares as they gather outside the Camp Nou stadium ahead of a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/300a4da0-154c-41ca-9919-5abbe84947b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Catalan pro-independence demonstrators and Barcelona supporters light flares as they gather outside the Camp Nou stadium ahead of a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain.
![China's President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with a girl as she and other children welcome Xi upon his arrival at Macau's international airport in Macau.](https://gdb.voanews.com/219708fd-7226-45ba-a366-9773ed017b6d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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China's President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with a girl as she and other children welcome Xi upon his arrival at Macau's international airport in Macau.
![Burnt trees are seen after a bushfire in Mount Weison in Blue Mountains, some 120 kilometers northwest of Sydney, Australia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b10542ba-b877-48d0-acce-8b792966b722_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Burnt trees are seen after a bushfire in Mount Weison in Blue Mountains, some 120 kilometers northwest of Sydney, Australia.