A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 5, 2015
![Hostesses pose for photos outside the Great Hall of the People during the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/387b503b-68bb-4bbc-8b1d-6687ba0bd1f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hostesses pose for photos outside the Great Hall of the People during the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, China.
![Bangladeshi workers unload goods from a boat in the Buriganga River in Dhaka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8812e9ab-c631-469f-a57f-21bbe686c071_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bangladeshi workers unload goods from a boat in the Buriganga River in Dhaka.
![The 4.6-meter high bronze sculpture "Gift Horse", which portrays a skeletal horse by German-born artist Hans Haacke, stands above Trafalgar Square after it was unveiled as the new commission for the Fourth Plinth, in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7eb366fd-eedc-4ad7-a09b-68477cf1fb36_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The 4.6-meter high bronze sculpture "Gift Horse", which portrays a skeletal horse by German-born artist Hans Haacke, stands above Trafalgar Square after it was unveiled as the new commission for the Fourth Plinth, in London.
![A girl slips on an icy street while walking with her sister in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The girls were dressed as clowns for the Jewish celebration of Purim.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b41f6975-58c0-40a1-b79b-4f2b83dea72d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl slips on an icy street while walking with her sister in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The girls were dressed as clowns for the Jewish celebration of Purim.
![Policemen take position behind shields near Yangon City Hall after a crackdown on a peaceful demonstration supporting the student protests which demand an amendment to the National Education Bill in Yangon, Myanmar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4014efdd-0fce-4ac9-9c0f-6eee6dff0392_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Policemen take position behind shields near Yangon City Hall after a crackdown on a peaceful demonstration supporting the student protests which demand an amendment to the National Education Bill in Yangon, Myanmar.
![Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England.](https://gdb.voanews.com/266765a8-a76b-43d4-9a1a-e3cd9465814f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England.
![The moon sets in the early morning hours as a man walks along an ocean pier in Oceanside, California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7b645552-8b46-4164-89ea-71bf6a841025_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The moon sets in the early morning hours as a man walks along an ocean pier in Oceanside, California.
![Male Afghan women's rights activist wear burqas to show their solidarity with Afghan women ahead of International Women's Day in Kabul. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/06e1f869-cc1a-46c5-9bd4-b455c1a8db12_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Male Afghan women's rights activist wear burqas to show their solidarity with Afghan women ahead of International Women's Day in Kabul.
![Firecrackers are set off during the Beehive Rockets Festival, ahead of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Tainan, southern Taiwan, March 4, 2015. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/901eefde-0c41-4fc4-946b-037c7e215a9d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firecrackers are set off during the Beehive Rockets Festival, ahead of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Tainan, southern Taiwan, March 4, 2015.
![People sing and dance while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0191fcec-5cf0-449f-b044-f95c82281719_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People sing and dance while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
![Kristy Fogden, right, of New Zealand, hands her friend Dave Shaw a guitar as they stand on a sand dune at dusk in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, March 4, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5b222162-e986-4141-a6e7-1ed6e144035c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kristy Fogden, right, of New Zealand, hands her friend Dave Shaw a guitar as they stand on a sand dune at dusk in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, March 4, 2015.
![A foreign tourist screams as another puts color on her face during celebrations marking Holi in Kolkata, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9f20f7a5-783a-428e-80dc-3631a16a4643_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A foreign tourist screams as another puts color on her face during celebrations marking Holi in Kolkata, India.