A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 15, 2019
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Fire-dancers perform during the "Esala Perahera" festival near the Buddhist temple of the Tooth in the ancient hill capital of Kandy, some 116 kilometers from Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 14, 2019.
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This image shows the Ural Airlines Airbus 321 passenger plane following an emergency landing in a field near Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow Region, Russia.
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A Red Cross worker sprays water on a veteran during a ceremony in Boulouris, France, marking the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence in World War II, which helped liberate southern France.
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Protesters hold candles and signs during a rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea. The protesters were denouncing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and demanding that the South Korean government abolish the General Security of Military Information Agreement. The GSOMIA is an intelligence-sharing agreement between the two countries.