A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 17 ກັນຍາ 2015
![Davide Necchi of Iceland captured this great brightness and quick development of aurora late August.](https://gdb.voanews.com/32038e44-44c7-4a27-837b-e90edaf8a823_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Davide Necchi of Iceland captured this great brightness and quick development of aurora late August.
![People recover items from destroyed houses next to a ship dragged by the waves after an earthquake hit areas in Coquimbo city, north of Santiago, Chile.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a719656f-e969-4931-95fc-5f1dff62353a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People recover items from destroyed houses next to a ship dragged by the waves after an earthquake hit areas in Coquimbo city, north of Santiago, Chile.
![Ahmed Mohamed, 14, gestures as he arrives to his family's home in Irving, Texas, USA. Ahmed was arrested at his school on Sept. 16 after a teacher thought a homemade clock he built was a bomb. He remains suspended and said he will not return to classes at MacArthur High School. President Barack Obama invited Mohamed to bring his clock to the White House.](https://gdb.voanews.com/efc4bd7d-0f23-4502-8fae-0fa8a950a8c7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ahmed Mohamed, 14, gestures as he arrives to his family's home in Irving, Texas, USA. Ahmed was arrested at his school on Sept. 16 after a teacher thought a homemade clock he built was a bomb. He remains suspended and said he will not return to classes at MacArthur High School. President Barack Obama invited Mohamed to bring his clock to the White House.
![Opposition lawmakers surge toward the chairman’s seat to protest as ruling party colleagues rush in to try to protect him during a committee voting of security bills at the upper house of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/06ea6aee-bd44-444d-9dd3-1e1be3d53ced_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Opposition lawmakers surge toward the chairman’s seat to protest as ruling party colleagues rush in to try to protect him during a committee voting of security bills at the upper house of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan.