A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 14, 2023

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Oil and plastic bottles fill a river polluted by a nearby oil field in the countryside of Rmeilan, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province.

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Children play as they fill plastic containers with water in the northeastern city of Hasaka, Syria.

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Shooting stars streak across the Milky Way during the "Nuits des étoiles" (Starry Night), a major annual celebration for astronomy enthusiasts, in Fontainebleau, southern Paris, France, Aug. 13, 2023.

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Geese fly by a wind pump in Kinderdijk, Netherlands.