A look at the best news photos from around the world.
November 15, 2017
![A barefoot man stands in front of a pile of vehicles in the municipality of the Madra area of Athens, Greece. Flash floods in the Greek capital's western outskirts turned roads into torrents of mud and debris, killing at least nine people, inundating homes and businesses, and knocking out a section of a highway.](https://gdb.voanews.com/47f16f5a-4dd9-4ce8-8d2c-0a09362537bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A barefoot man stands in front of a pile of vehicles in the municipality of the Madra area of Athens, Greece. Flash floods in the Greek capital's western outskirts turned roads into torrents of mud and debris, killing at least nine people, inundating homes and businesses, and knocking out a section of a highway.
![Ice sculptor Darren Jackson puts the finishing touches on an ice sculpture of two stags, which will make up part of a forthcoming exhibition, "The Ice Adventure: A Journey Through Frozen Scotland," in Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 14, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/127d7017-78b1-4ced-b2bc-b5a0eee7a6c3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ice sculptor Darren Jackson puts the finishing touches on an ice sculpture of two stags, which will make up part of a forthcoming exhibition, "The Ice Adventure: A Journey Through Frozen Scotland," in Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 14, 2017.
![Pope Francis writes on the bonnet of a Lamborghini donated to him by the luxury sports car maker, at the Vatican. The car will be auctioned off by Sotheby's, with the proceeds going to charities that include one aimed at helping rebuild Christian communities in Iraq that were devastated by the Islamic State group.](https://gdb.voanews.com/782d9c62-898c-4af4-820d-c0d6513cedf7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis writes on the bonnet of a Lamborghini donated to him by the luxury sports car maker, at the Vatican. The car will be auctioned off by Sotheby's, with the proceeds going to charities that include one aimed at helping rebuild Christian communities in Iraq that were devastated by the Islamic State group.
![People pass the German pavilion, created to represent Earth, during the COP 23 Fiji U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d8afd871-5a5d-437c-9089-12d299b131a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People pass the German pavilion, created to represent Earth, during the COP 23 Fiji U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany.