A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 9, 2019
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French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, attend a working session at the Elysee Palace in Paris, t o find a way to end the five years of fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and ranking member Doug Collins (R-GA) listen to testimony as the committee holds a hearing to receive counsel presentations of evidence from the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Iraqi demonstrators perform a somersault as they practice parkour during ongoing anti-government protests, near the Tigris River in Baghdad.
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Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa reacts after winning the 2019 Miss Universe pageant at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 8, 2019.
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Lebanese men use a paddle board and canoe as means of transportation on a flooded road due to heavy rain, at the southern entrance of the capital Beirut.
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Zookeeper hold 'Meng Yuan' and 'Meng Xiang' during a name-giving event for the young panda twins at the Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany,.
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A child plays in a swing as the sun sets at Lhoknga beach in Aceh province, Indonesia.
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A wave hits the seawall at Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France.
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Starlings sit on the backs of fallow deer standing in the high grass of the nature reserve in Moenchbruch near Frankfurt, Germany, Dec.8, 2019.