A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 10, 2020
![Demonstrators protesting the government's pensions overhaul burn tires as they block the entry of the industrial area of Le Havre's harbor, northwestern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5bae3091-587e-491e-aa66-bf5aca5b628e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators protesting the government's pensions overhaul burn tires as they block the entry of the industrial area of Le Havre's harbor, northwestern France.
![A Hindu woman offers prayers on the banks of the Shali River on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, as Hindu devotees across the country marked the Swasthani Brata Katha festival.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bb815652-a3b1-45ac-b632-f8cafed90c60_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Hindu woman offers prayers on the banks of the Shali River on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, as Hindu devotees across the country marked the Swasthani Brata Katha festival.
![Muslims from around the world perform Friday prayer on a makeshift bridge during Bishwa Ijtema, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after haj, in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d0aa1597-389c-400e-8ac7-f4d457d5b394_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Muslims from around the world perform Friday prayer on a makeshift bridge during Bishwa Ijtema, which is considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after haj, in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
![Japan's Kento Momota hits a return shot against China's Huang Yu Xiang during Malaysia Master men's single badminton quarterfinal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/014f07e5-02ca-43fc-8207-7a063d6b58a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Japan's Kento Momota hits a return shot against China's Huang Yu Xiang during Malaysia Master men's single badminton quarterfinal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.