A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 20, 2019
![Federal police officers are seen at the Rio-Niteroi Bridge, where armed police surrounded a hijacked passenger bus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dde19fa0-7ca5-4055-be41-b75b6a9cb47a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Federal police officers are seen at the Rio-Niteroi Bridge, where armed police surrounded a hijacked passenger bus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
![People observe the Nil Barahi mask dance festival, an annual event during which dancers perform while posing as various deities that people worship to seek blessings, in Bode, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/438c349f-e190-4b97-accb-a295fc84243d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People observe the Nil Barahi mask dance festival, an annual event during which dancers perform while posing as various deities that people worship to seek blessings, in Bode, Nepal.
![A man caries a wounded person to the hospital after a blast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f62d4df9-6d1b-4fb1-b65e-9797b3279bf7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man caries a wounded person to the hospital after a blast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2019.
![Turkish police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities, in Diyarbakir, Aug. 19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/13e18b0a-832e-4911-a862-08ab2ecb7998_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Turkish police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities, in Diyarbakir, Aug. 19, 2019.
![Sudan's former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir sits guarded inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Aug. 19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dcd65860-546c-45c1-a5c6-535df317d60b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sudan's former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir sits guarded inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Aug. 19, 2019.
![The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's flight demonstration team, perform during the Sioux Falls Air Show in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Aug. 18, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/67adf14e-b1a3-403d-92da-705547202ebb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's flight demonstration team, perform during the Sioux Falls Air Show in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Aug. 18, 2019.
![A monkey eats lotus in a lake at a temple near Angkor Wat, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Aug.19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ccad35f4-6174-421b-955c-b7a077fc67a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A monkey eats lotus in a lake at a temple near Angkor Wat, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Aug.19, 2019.
![Drops of dew sit on a spider web in the early morning mist in Los Angeles, California, Aug. 19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b7cd78a3-8c00-4682-8ed3-8bca4e0b5208_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Drops of dew sit on a spider web in the early morning mist in Los Angeles, California, Aug. 19, 2019.
![The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, diamond pilots perform the diamond 360 during the 2019 Chicago Air and Water Show in Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 16, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/759e479a-7d57-4f58-89ee-b09c008529f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, diamond pilots perform the diamond 360 during the 2019 Chicago Air and Water Show in Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 16, 2019.
![An Aldabra giant tortoise looks at visitors at the La Vanille Nature Park in Riviere des Anguilles, Mauritius, Aug.19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c96dfce2-421a-47b1-9740-b9f1a93e6318_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Aldabra giant tortoise looks at visitors at the La Vanille Nature Park in Riviere des Anguilles, Mauritius, Aug.19, 2019.
![Athletes take part in the women's windsurfing RS:X class competition during a sailing test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, off the coast Enoshima in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0b9aac44-763b-47ec-97de-258e6893460e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Athletes take part in the women's windsurfing RS:X class competition during a sailing test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, off the coast Enoshima in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
![Followers of the Universal White Brotherhood, an esoteric society that combines Christianity and Indian mysticism set up by Bulgarian Peter Deunov in the 1920s, perform a dance-like ritual called "paneurhythmy" in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, Aug.19, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5315a2b5-9e54-4292-8a87-79e6fc562c8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Followers of the Universal White Brotherhood, an esoteric society that combines Christianity and Indian mysticism set up by Bulgarian Peter Deunov in the 1920s, perform a dance-like ritual called "paneurhythmy" in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, Aug.19, 2019.
![People gather around a statue of the Rocio Virgin during the traditional El Rocio Chico Romeria pilgrimage in Huelva, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f685d12d-e36d-4045-9993-552f5b964e3b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather around a statue of the Rocio Virgin during the traditional El Rocio Chico Romeria pilgrimage in Huelva, Spain.