A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 28, 2020
![A duck swims in a pond during an autumn day in the town of Chekhov, some 70 km outside Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1a8a20a3-ce36-4a1c-b9ff-14b3c46733f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A duck swims in a pond during an autumn day in the town of Chekhov, some 70 km outside Moscow, Russia.
![Workers prepare a giant lantern ahead of the Oct. 1 National Day holidays in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a1340dfe-ecbd-4cc5-a1e2-f77423ff9f11_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers prepare a giant lantern ahead of the Oct. 1 National Day holidays in Beijing, China.
![An image grab taken from a video made available on the official web site of the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry, allegedly shows Azeri artillery strike towards the positions of Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b02c5462-be83-401b-ae35-81a3bf1ad3b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An image grab taken from a video made available on the official web site of the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry, allegedly shows Azeri artillery strike towards the positions of Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
![Handlers herd racing camels equipped with robot jockeys during a race at Dubai's al-Marmoom heritage village, in the United Arab Emirates.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cec362db-ac7c-48e2-a2b6-f8dc54d20088_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Handlers herd racing camels equipped with robot jockeys during a race at Dubai's al-Marmoom heritage village, in the United Arab Emirates.
![Workers apply fresh paint to the flag on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.](https://gdb.voanews.com/214a36a7-0bcb-4eaa-b826-0ce9a84865e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers apply fresh paint to the flag on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
![Members of a feminist collective clash with police officers during a march to mark the International Safe Abortion Day in Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 27, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6fe06d26-b2e7-4a4a-9240-a003f541cdbf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of a feminist collective clash with police officers during a march to mark the International Safe Abortion Day in Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 27, 2020.
![Serena Williams of the U.S. plays a shot against Kristie Ahn of the U.S. in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f6593064-347f-49d6-a942-1fc31d1ed803_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Serena Williams of the U.S. plays a shot against Kristie Ahn of the U.S. in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France.
![Embers fly from a tree as the Glass Fire burns in St. Helena, California, Sept. 27, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2d9bfe7f-5a6a-474b-bc91-1681f45b182e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Embers fly from a tree as the Glass Fire burns in St. Helena, California, Sept. 27, 2020.
![Schoolchildren queue outside their school in Harare, Zimbabwe.](https://gdb.voanews.com/58957235-eaf6-430c-999d-723e582eca73_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Schoolchildren queue outside their school in Harare, Zimbabwe.
![Israeli acrobat Shay Rylski performs on a car-free road, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Tel Aviv.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d02eca6d-61e0-4d4a-b83f-08a9716bcfb4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli acrobat Shay Rylski performs on a car-free road, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Tel Aviv.