A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 11, 2017
![An elephant blows water from its trunk onto tourists in a motor-tricycle, or Tuk Tuk, ahead of the Buddhist New Year, known as Songkran, in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a61baacd-838c-4f8d-ab67-4f1a3b62d354_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elephant blows water from its trunk onto tourists in a motor-tricycle, or Tuk Tuk, ahead of the Buddhist New Year, known as Songkran, in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand.
![Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption, with the Sicilian town of Riposto, Italy, visible in the front.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6e618bb1-2867-4556-a295-08b67e193962_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption, with the Sicilian town of Riposto, Italy, visible in the front.
![Afghan children play on a hand-operated ferris wheel in Kabul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e7adce78-752c-4e92-95e7-a379217b4e6f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan children play on a hand-operated ferris wheel in Kabul.
![Ethnic Miao women wearing traditional costumes march in a parade during a local festival in Taijiang county, Guizhou province, China, April 10, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9b30101f-3d28-4609-a95b-a76a7423e7a4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ethnic Miao women wearing traditional costumes march in a parade during a local festival in Taijiang county, Guizhou province, China, April 10, 2017.