A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 20 ກັນຍາ 2018
![A transgender woman waits backstage to perform during an event to raise funds for the transgender community in Mumbai, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6e7553a2-f842-4590-b0c0-c9ded10d3406_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A transgender woman waits backstage to perform during an event to raise funds for the transgender community in Mumbai, India.
![Local residents walk along the edge of a collapsed road that ran atop Patricia Lake's dam in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, Sept. 19, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/52c0ad04-9596-4610-aff2-41c9c1de9594_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local residents walk along the edge of a collapsed road that ran atop Patricia Lake's dam in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, Sept. 19, 2018.
![Philippe Gillet, 67 year-old Frenchman who lives with more than 400 reptiles and tamed alligators, gives chicken to his alligator Ali in his living room in Coueron near Nantes, France, Sept. 19, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a31245b6-d632-4ea2-9a35-f7b985e1c2ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Philippe Gillet, 67 year-old Frenchman who lives with more than 400 reptiles and tamed alligators, gives chicken to his alligator Ali in his living room in Coueron near Nantes, France, Sept. 19, 2018.
![A surfer catches a wave near Church Rock, Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain, Sept. 19, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b4a11b37-8018-47eb-b3a2-a8e447778f43_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A surfer catches a wave near Church Rock, Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain, Sept. 19, 2018.