A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 18 ຕຸລາ 2019
![Women buy artificial jewelry and decorative items at a market ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b51fd902-8c3c-478e-990b-a2dbbcb2da8c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women buy artificial jewelry and decorative items at a market ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India.
![Demonstrators walk under an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) as they march on Diagonal Avenue during Catalonia's general strike in Barcelona, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d8052022-a576-4c74-aef0-8369c90cf534_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators walk under an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) as they march on Diagonal Avenue during Catalonia's general strike in Barcelona, Spain.
![People light oil lamps during the three-day annual festival of saint Al-Sheikh Ali Bin Usman Al-Hajveri known as Data Ganjbaksh, at his shrine, in Lahore, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/41916014-e0dd-4a0f-aa09-be4f497510bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People light oil lamps during the three-day annual festival of saint Al-Sheikh Ali Bin Usman Al-Hajveri known as Data Ganjbaksh, at his shrine, in Lahore, Pakistan.
![An Israeli soldier escorts a detained Spanish activist during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in the village of Kfar Qaddum, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e2b28d26-108e-4cac-a60a-141022b239c2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Israeli soldier escorts a detained Spanish activist during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in the village of Kfar Qaddum, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.