A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 29 ກັນຍາ 2019
![People queue to pay tribute to late French President Jacques Chirac during a popular national tribute at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d0cd5382-07ae-4c7c-ba59-b19308032c79_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People queue to pay tribute to late French President Jacques Chirac during a popular national tribute at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris.
![Children sit on a path at Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/21a187c5-3f78-47f1-930d-e21a2c701151_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children sit on a path at Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan.
![A firefighting helicopter sprays water on a fire at a train station, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fce50494-eba9-4539-a79f-b8f124f48c8e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A firefighting helicopter sprays water on a fire at a train station, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.
![A motorist rides a motorbike on a road through an area burnt due to the forest fires near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a62fbdd0-7557-4daa-b063-09e4e60e38e5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A motorist rides a motorbike on a road through an area burnt due to the forest fires near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia.