A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 20 ທັນວາ 2019
![Workers wearing a pig and rat costume clean windows on a building in Tokyo, Dec. 19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/acb1f8d0-49e0-4c95-b5a5-97e9cc47e721_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers wearing a pig and rat costume clean windows on a building in Tokyo, Dec. 19, 2019.
![Artist Kaya Mar displays a painting of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Westminster in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/75226aa2-6a1a-4277-bfca-02123d55aceb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Artist Kaya Mar displays a painting of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Westminster in London.
![Street performer Thomas Liberto from Bel Air, Maryland, who goes by the social media name "Mr. Christmas Tree," sits by Christmas decorations around midtown New York, Dec. 19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1e2d54d0-213e-4502-9b07-dadb5f7f6ac4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Street performer Thomas Liberto from Bel Air, Maryland, who goes by the social media name "Mr. Christmas Tree," sits by Christmas decorations around midtown New York, Dec. 19, 2019.
![Hong Kong protesters gather outside a detention center in Lai Chi Kok to demand the release of protesters, in Hong Kong, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/76c830fc-98cc-49ec-adfb-c6926b40918e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hong Kong protesters gather outside a detention center in Lai Chi Kok to demand the release of protesters, in Hong Kong, China.