October 9, 2024

· Voice of America

A look at the best news photos from around the world.

1. People take photos of the spray from waves crashing against the Malecon seawall, brought by the passing of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, in Havana, Cuba.
2. Downtown Tampa, Florida, is seen desolate ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton.
3. Members of the Florida Army National Guard check for any remaining residents in nearly-deserted Bradenton Beach, where piles of debris from Hurricane Helene flooding still sits outside damaged homes, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Oct. 8, 2024, on Anna Maria Island.
4. Men carry an injured woman to be evacuated in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip.
5. A cat sits in a cage as Turkish nationals wait to register for boarding Turkish navy ships to leave Lebanon, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut.
6. Visitors shelter from the rain with umbrellas on the Parvis des Droits de l'Homme on Esplanade du Tocadero across from the Eiffel Tower, as remnants of hurricane Kirk cause heavy rainfall over Paris, France.
7. Students from the department of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Buenos Aires hold classes in the street to protest President Javier Milei's veto of a university funding law, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 8, 2024.
8. Farmworkers harvest cranberries at the Weston Cranberry Corporation Farm in Carver, Massachusetts, Oct. 8, 2024.
9. An person wears Donald Trump-themed socks before a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at Riverfront Sports in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
10. Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, arrive to help residents to remove debris and clean up the area following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Marshall, North Carolina, Oct. 8, 2024.
11. A Humpback whale jumps up from the ocean in Husavik, Iceland, Oct. 8, 2024.
12. Kirsty Shanks, a film conservation specialist, takes a film can out of the storage archives at the British Film Institute (BFI) in Berkhampsted, north of London. Sherlock Holmes fans are promised a most authentic depiction of the fictional detective, with the restoration of a century-old silent film series chronicling the London sleuth's adventures.