A look at some of the best news photos from around the world in the year 2018.
Bi Wêneyan Sala 2018
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Performers in traditional dresses pass through a security screening at Jacksons International Airport in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Nov. 17, 2018.
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Vegetables, wood and charcoal are loaded onto the roof of a battered Peugeot, Nov. 7, 2018 in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Families and colleagues of passengers and crew of Lion Air flight JT610 throw flowers and petals from the deck of Indonesia Navy ship KRI Banjarmasin as they visit the site of the crash to pay their tribute, at the north coast of Karawang, Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2018. A Lion Air flight crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital, Oct. 29, 2018, in a blow to the country's aviation safety record after the lifting of bans on its airlines by the European Union and U.S.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Khashoggi family in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 23, 2018. The meeting came just days after Saudi Arabia acknowledged that Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in what they claimed was a "fistfight."