A look at the best news photos of 2023 from around the world. Click here to see part 1.
Photos of the Year 2023 - Part 2

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Artists perform during the closing ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Oct. 8, 2023.

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his pre-trial detention on espionage charges in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2023.

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This aerial image shows buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2023. Israel declared war on Hamas on Oct. 8 following a shock land, air and sea assault by the Gaza-based Islamists. The death toll from the shock cross-border assault by Hamas militants rose to 1,200, making it the deadliest attack in the country's 75-year history.

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Girls and women carry donated aid to their tents during the fierce sandstorm after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western of Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2023.