A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 16, 2017
![A photo of Heather Heyer, who was killed during a white nationalist rally, is displayed at a memorial as her life was celebrated in a service at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, VA.](https://gdb.voanews.com/40bbbe61-e22d-417e-b7cb-caf85cc8de7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A photo of Heather Heyer, who was killed during a white nationalist rally, is displayed at a memorial as her life was celebrated in a service at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, VA.
![A French soldier stands in the middle of clergymen during a Roman Catholic procession in front of Notre Dame cathedral as part of the Assumption of Mary celebration in Paris, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e76da387-6710-4d6c-9f56-0521e311dbde_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A French soldier stands in the middle of clergymen during a Roman Catholic procession in front of Notre Dame cathedral as part of the Assumption of Mary celebration in Paris, France.
![A baby orangutan rests on its mother, Padana, at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8314414f-3174-4e0a-89d2-e6c11891c9bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A baby orangutan rests on its mother, Padana, at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany.
![Villagers watch a firefighting plane drop water on a forest wildfire near their houses in the village of Chao de Codes, near Macao, central Portugal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c51b8b16-1900-4dbb-b646-e41bf600c721_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Villagers watch a firefighting plane drop water on a forest wildfire near their houses in the village of Chao de Codes, near Macao, central Portugal.