A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 16, 2020
![A man reacts as a medical worker takes a swab sample in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f483a411-4078-448c-b343-adb85ff14fec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man reacts as a medical worker takes a swab sample in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, India.
![A child sits on a couch found in a street, ravaged by pro-government forces airstrikes, in the town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province, Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b60a7e35-66e3-408a-8cea-f8f228dcd3df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child sits on a couch found in a street, ravaged by pro-government forces airstrikes, in the town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province, Syria.
![A Somali woman sells fruits to a customer standing at a social distancing signage at the market center in Hamarweyne district in Mogadishu, Somalia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3a233ca3-28a2-48bc-b694-7c10bd25deca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Somali woman sells fruits to a customer standing at a social distancing signage at the market center in Hamarweyne district in Mogadishu, Somalia.
![Palestinian children pose with masks made of cabbage in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip amid the coronavirus pandemic.](https://gdb.voanews.com/20f687c7-c7e1-4100-8334-d85dfbeb9cef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian children pose with masks made of cabbage in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip amid the coronavirus pandemic.
![A member of a privately-funded NGO fumigates and disinfects the streets and the stalls at Parklands City Park Market in Kenya to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, April 15, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4ef916a2-d629-48f7-a8b8-351b381fb4a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of a privately-funded NGO fumigates and disinfects the streets and the stalls at Parklands City Park Market in Kenya to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, April 15, 2020.
![Belongings of Rohingya refugees lay on the shore as their carrier boat remains anchored nearby in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Thirty-two Rohingya died on an overcrowded fishing trawler stranded in the Bay of Bengal for nearly two months, officials said, after hundreds were rescued from the vessel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a59f58ca-3cfc-4ffd-98ed-a212a0708239_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Belongings of Rohingya refugees lay on the shore as their carrier boat remains anchored nearby in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Thirty-two Rohingya died on an overcrowded fishing trawler stranded in the Bay of Bengal for nearly two months, officials said, after hundreds were rescued from the vessel.
![Protesters carry rifles near the steps of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, April 15, 2020. Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol to show their displeasure with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the coronavirus outbreak.](https://gdb.voanews.com/251d5e39-edd3-4569-ad22-236139153b71_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters carry rifles near the steps of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, April 15, 2020. Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol to show their displeasure with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the coronavirus outbreak.
![Sea lions are seen on a street of Mar del Plata harbour during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Mar del Plata, some 400 km south of Buenos Aires, Argentina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/97a4d620-f9aa-48ea-a89b-809ba9a61c28_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sea lions are seen on a street of Mar del Plata harbour during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Mar del Plata, some 400 km south of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
![A man drives a convertible car on a road surrounded by rape fields near Schinznach-Dorf, Switzerland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c66f5634-dff7-40fc-a4c5-5b1dd4ad1f0e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man drives a convertible car on a road surrounded by rape fields near Schinznach-Dorf, Switzerland.
![A man kiteboards during a windy day at seaside in Riga, Latvia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6bb113ba-18fe-47b5-b830-8023d3f82a56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man kiteboards during a windy day at seaside in Riga, Latvia.
![Bluebells, also known as wild Hyacinth, bloom in the Hallerbos forest in Halle, Belgium.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5faf1628-83cf-4641-9eab-2d144340bc86_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bluebells, also known as wild Hyacinth, bloom in the Hallerbos forest in Halle, Belgium.
![A laborer sorts raw mangoes at the Gaddiannaram fruit market during a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2d4deb64-22da-4bb7-9e75-daab6be92f2c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A laborer sorts raw mangoes at the Gaddiannaram fruit market during a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India.