A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 11, 2017
![Students visiting from Xining, China, react to the spray coming from large sprinklers watering the lawn of Washington, D.C.'s National Mall as part of turf restoration efforts.](https://gdb.voanews.com/12574929-7f43-408d-b73e-fb99f54d0dcb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students visiting from Xining, China, react to the spray coming from large sprinklers watering the lawn of Washington, D.C.'s National Mall as part of turf restoration efforts.
![Kenyan police officers clear debris and stones from a barricaded road after a protest by supporters of the National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition presidential candidate at Mathare slum in Nairobi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e99a72b3-3464-4adc-bff6-7761cd3d12f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenyan police officers clear debris and stones from a barricaded road after a protest by supporters of the National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition presidential candidate at Mathare slum in Nairobi.
![A woman carries an umbrella as she walks through the central business district of Beijing during a rain shower.](https://gdb.voanews.com/035f3a5f-da18-49dc-8266-0547e079fd0d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman carries an umbrella as she walks through the central business district of Beijing during a rain shower.