A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 12, 2020
![A man in a straw hat picks yellow spatterdocks (Nuphar Lutea) on the Dnipro River floodplain near Kyiv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2466584a-4333-49fe-9205-21a2e4c66518_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man in a straw hat picks yellow spatterdocks (Nuphar Lutea) on the Dnipro River floodplain near Kyiv, Ukraine.
![Hindu devotee breaks a dahi-handi (curd-pot) suspended in the air from on top of a ladder during 'Janmashtami' festival celebrations marking the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna, in Mumbai, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f18be097-e8cf-42cf-995b-74814b24fcc2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hindu devotee breaks a dahi-handi (curd-pot) suspended in the air from on top of a ladder during 'Janmashtami' festival celebrations marking the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna, in Mumbai, India.
![A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above a camping site at the Negev desert near the city of Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, Aug. 11, 2020, during the Perseids meteor shower.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c03c2a46-c809-4007-ba36-b1447503070f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above a camping site at the Negev desert near the city of Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, Aug. 11, 2020, during the Perseids meteor shower.