A look at the best news photos from around the world.
12 dhjetor, 2014
![A worker stands atop a pile of rock and mud after a mudslide overtook at least eight homes during heavy rains in Camarillo Springs, California. A major storm that pummeled northern California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds moved south overnight, prompting evacuation orders in areas prone to floods and mud flows.](https://gdb.voanews.com/94c1c65e-d3c0-4eb9-aa5a-116758e9d1ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker stands atop a pile of rock and mud after a mudslide overtook at least eight homes during heavy rains in Camarillo Springs, California. A major storm that pummeled northern California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds moved south overnight, prompting evacuation orders in areas prone to floods and mud flows.
![Uber taxi drivers hold placards during a protest against the ban on online taxi services, in New Delhi. A ban on online taxi services in India, following the arrest in New Delhi of an Uber driver accused of rape, has brought uncertainty to the millions of dollars of international investment pumped into Uber's Indian rivals Ola and TaxiForSure.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0293e9d3-a7b4-4ad5-89e6-577433495b7c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Uber taxi drivers hold placards during a protest against the ban on online taxi services, in New Delhi. A ban on online taxi services in India, following the arrest in New Delhi of an Uber driver accused of rape, has brought uncertainty to the millions of dollars of international investment pumped into Uber's Indian rivals Ola and TaxiForSure.
![Movers prepare to hang Leonardo da Vinci's "Earlier Mona Lisa" painting ahead of its exhibition at The Arts House in Singapore. . The world premiere of the exhibition will take place from Dec. 16 to Feb. 11, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/de48bb9c-c2c8-4c2a-b2fb-a80c59c25088_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Movers prepare to hang Leonardo da Vinci's "Earlier Mona Lisa" painting ahead of its exhibition at The Arts House in Singapore. . The world premiere of the exhibition will take place from Dec. 16 to Feb. 11, 2015.
![Palestinian militants from the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, march during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Central Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5a853f88-db74-4400-bc14-a49d89d75dcb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian militants from the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, march during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Central Gaza Strip.