A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 1, 2022
![Protesters raise a giant sign showing Russia's President Vladimir Putin as an octopus with its arms wrapping around the countries of Georgia, Syria, Ukraine, and the world globe, during a demonstration in the city of Binnish in Syria's northwestern rebel-held Idlib province. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/093e0000-0a00-0242-90c0-08da140b324b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters raise a giant sign showing Russia's President Vladimir Putin as an octopus with its arms wrapping around the countries of Georgia, Syria, Ukraine, and the world globe, during a demonstration in the city of Binnish in Syria's northwestern rebel-held Idlib province. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
![Workers and volunteers look on in a complex where residents are tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus during the second part of a pandemic lockdown in Jing' an district in Shanghai. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/093e0000-0a00-0242-2c48-08da140b3254_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers and volunteers look on in a complex where residents are tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus during the second part of a pandemic lockdown in Jing' an district in Shanghai. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
![A child coming from Saudi Arabia waits to get registered after getting off of a Saudi Airlines plane at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ( REUTERS/Tiksa Neger )](https://gdb.voanews.com/02870000-0aff-0242-765e-08da140bd768_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child coming from Saudi Arabia waits to get registered after getting off of a Saudi Airlines plane at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ( REUTERS/Tiksa Neger )
![Dogs visit the "Interpets - International fair for a better life with pets" in Tokyo. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/02870000-0aff-0242-5a9f-08da140b323f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dogs visit the "Interpets - International fair for a better life with pets" in Tokyo. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)