A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 13, 2019
![A woman is taken by ambulance as police officers investigate a scene following reports of a stabbing in Sydney, Australia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/73b432c3-b0c1-425d-949e-3141cfd12c73_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman is taken by ambulance as police officers investigate a scene following reports of a stabbing in Sydney, Australia.
![Fu Guohao, a reporter of Chinese media Global Times website, is tied by protesters during a mass demonstration at the Hong Kong international airport, in Hong Kong.](https://gdb.voanews.com/26a7081b-98df-4838-baac-4d4287310627_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fu Guohao, a reporter of Chinese media Global Times website, is tied by protesters during a mass demonstration at the Hong Kong international airport, in Hong Kong.
![A man reacts to smoke as a wildfire burns at the village of Kontodespoti, on the island of Evia, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/72f078eb-41ed-4447-b268-e0d78367df47_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man reacts to smoke as a wildfire burns at the village of Kontodespoti, on the island of Evia, Greece.
![Visitors ride a roller-coaster in Wonderland Eurasia amusement park in Ankara on the third day of Eid al-Adha celebrations.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4b53c981-f676-4b90-abe9-e37a0e5874d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors ride a roller-coaster in Wonderland Eurasia amusement park in Ankara on the third day of Eid al-Adha celebrations.
![People walk near the statue 'The Motherland Calls' under reconstruction in Mamayev Kurgan, the main place of the Battle of Stalingrad memorial, during sunset in Volgograd, Russia, Aug. 12, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3503db04-9835-494b-aa4e-49d5b4849f61_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk near the statue 'The Motherland Calls' under reconstruction in Mamayev Kurgan, the main place of the Battle of Stalingrad memorial, during sunset in Volgograd, Russia, Aug. 12, 2019.
![Firefighters extinguish a fire in Kampar, Riau province on Indonesia's Sumatra island.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a3a29108-41d3-470f-8d31-c811d453a531_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters extinguish a fire in Kampar, Riau province on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
![A man with his 28-feet (8.5m)-long moustache, poses with national flags at Bikaner as the country prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of independence from British rule.](https://gdb.voanews.com/56af3132-def0-45a4-8ab1-4effd67a4118_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man with his 28-feet (8.5m)-long moustache, poses with national flags at Bikaner as the country prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of independence from British rule.
![A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones during the Perseid meteor shower in Radimlja near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aug. 12, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2c47532b-0d08-445f-bc8f-34ae96af0132_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones during the Perseid meteor shower in Radimlja near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aug. 12, 2019.
![An activist splashes red paint over the facade of Brazilian Embassy in London during Extinction Rebellion climate change protest.](https://gdb.voanews.com/942688b2-1697-435b-975e-ce75079619c5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An activist splashes red paint over the facade of Brazilian Embassy in London during Extinction Rebellion climate change protest.
![A 2-day-old male baby pygmy hippo plays in the water at the Taipei Zoo, Taiwan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/59ce8dab-f6ef-4e25-a23d-ab18903d57ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A 2-day-old male baby pygmy hippo plays in the water at the Taipei Zoo, Taiwan.