A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 3, 2024
![A father hugs his son as Greek and Greek Cypriot nationals are evacuated from Lebanon on a Hellenic Air Force C130, due to ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9d4be1c8-28c9-4119-b655-f6e742ffa064_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A father hugs his son as Greek and Greek Cypriot nationals are evacuated from Lebanon on a Hellenic Air Force C130, due to ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon.
![Meenaben Soni makes a red handprint on the wall on the first day of Navratri during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga, at the old city of Ahmedabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1346ae44-1677-4c8b-928d-8e94f37d5b1d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Meenaben Soni makes a red handprint on the wall on the first day of Navratri during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga, at the old city of Ahmedabad, India.
![A relative cries in front of the portrait and coffin of a victim of a school bus fire at Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam School in Uthai Thani, Thailand. Grieving families offered prayers for 23 children and their teachers killed in a horrifying school bus fire as the government vowed a crackdown on unsafe vehicles. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/a30d024f-2790-497f-9d90-cc5431eb43f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A relative cries in front of the portrait and coffin of a victim of a school bus fire at Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam School in Uthai Thani, Thailand. Grieving families offered prayers for 23 children and their teachers killed in a horrifying school bus fire as the government vowed a crackdown on unsafe vehicles.
![Debris is strewn on the lake in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 2, 2024, in Lake Lure, North Carolina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4841c097-7d1a-4cec-a30b-bf97234a44c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Debris is strewn on the lake in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 2, 2024, in Lake Lure, North Carolina.