A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 12 ກັນຍາ 2018
![A high-definition video camera outside the space station captured stark and sobering views of Hurricane Florence, a Category 3 storm. "It's chilling, even from space," said European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, who currently is living and working aboard the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition 56 crew.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e992edfc-277d-4372-99d7-e62f221a7c19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A high-definition video camera outside the space station captured stark and sobering views of Hurricane Florence, a Category 3 storm. "It's chilling, even from space," said European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, who currently is living and working aboard the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition 56 crew.
![A police vehicle patrols the beach ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Sept. 11, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1e9905c4-a526-442b-8c70-de4dad7dc972_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police vehicle patrols the beach ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Sept. 11, 2018.
![Farmers harvest lotus roots in Haian in China's eastern Jiangsu province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8dbb1db1-da51-4a61-b6a6-4f905901b030_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Farmers harvest lotus roots in Haian in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
![Scientist Laura Martinez-Suz examines the Calvatia Gigantea fungus, one of the largest, once also called puffball, at Kew Gardens' fungarium in London, Sept. 11, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4e514e3c-773b-432e-9b76-f0a300d1a8de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Scientist Laura Martinez-Suz examines the Calvatia Gigantea fungus, one of the largest, once also called puffball, at Kew Gardens' fungarium in London, Sept. 11, 2018.