A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 5 ກັນຍາ 2018
![Russian (white) and Kazakh (blue) riders play the traditional Central Asian sport Buzkashi, also known as Kok-Boru or Oglak Tartis, during the World Nomad Games 2018 in Cholpon-Ata, Kirghizstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/78f2a54f-472a-46ee-a535-e239d0a09f42_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian (white) and Kazakh (blue) riders play the traditional Central Asian sport Buzkashi, also known as Kok-Boru or Oglak Tartis, during the World Nomad Games 2018 in Cholpon-Ata, Kirghizstan.
![An aerial view from a Jiji Press helicopter shows vehicles piled in a heap due to strong winds in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, after typhoon Jebi hit the west coast of Japan. The death toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose to nine, with thousands stranded at a major airport because of storm damage.](https://gdb.voanews.com/64dd3ea0-c85c-482e-85a0-256e9bd2b5f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial view from a Jiji Press helicopter shows vehicles piled in a heap due to strong winds in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, after typhoon Jebi hit the west coast of Japan. The death toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose to nine, with thousands stranded at a major airport because of storm damage.
![A Turkana herdboy carries his rifle as he herds his goats near the power-generating wind turbines at the Lake Turkana Wind Power project (LTWP) in Loiyangalani district, Marsabit County, Kenya, Sept. 4, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/419631e2-48d5-40fb-8a5d-1dd7d218036c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Turkana herdboy carries his rifle as he herds his goats near the power-generating wind turbines at the Lake Turkana Wind Power project (LTWP) in Loiyangalani district, Marsabit County, Kenya, Sept. 4, 2018.
![A mountain lion kitten, which National Park Service researchers discovered in August in a remote area of the Santa Monica Mountains of California, is shown in this image released on Sept. 4, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/94b94988-db7f-4cce-8508-962b6a466d9d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mountain lion kitten, which National Park Service researchers discovered in August in a remote area of the Santa Monica Mountains of California, is shown in this image released on Sept. 4, 2018.