A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 5 ທັນວາ 2017
![Smoke rises behind an apartment complex that has been leveled by flames as a wildfire ravages Ventura, California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a696e301-3eee-42b7-a3ae-49f861f97c76_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke rises behind an apartment complex that has been leveled by flames as a wildfire ravages Ventura, California.
![Ukrainian Security Service officers detain former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili at his house in Kyiv. Ukraine's intelligence agency detained Saakashvili, who has emerged as an anti-corruption campaigner in his new country, but faced an angry backlash of protesters who would not let the officers to take him away.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6af865b6-bac0-4f96-8126-2dac4de9d076_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian Security Service officers detain former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili at his house in Kyiv. Ukraine's intelligence agency detained Saakashvili, who has emerged as an anti-corruption campaigner in his new country, but faced an angry backlash of protesters who would not let the officers to take him away.
![Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili flashes a victory sign after he was freed by his supporters in Kyiv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4b913f4f-c9d0-44ab-bec2-31350890919d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili flashes a victory sign after he was freed by his supporters in Kyiv, Ukraine.
![A firefighter battles a wildfire as it burns along a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b802d0c5-a975-47e1-a21e-67bc6dc83fdf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A firefighter battles a wildfire as it burns along a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, California.