A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 16, 2017
![People and plants on a sidewalk are reflected on a sculpture in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a6c0847a-638b-42d1-9222-7320e0b0fbce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People and plants on a sidewalk are reflected on a sculpture in Beijing, China.
![A woman in the remains of the house of a Palestinian man. Israeli officials destroyed the house in the village of Kobar, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank after the man killed three Jewish residents of a nearby Israeli settlement.](https://gdb.voanews.com/37bf09b0-5d5b-4aa2-9658-f19d1fb7d9cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman in the remains of the house of a Palestinian man. Israeli officials destroyed the house in the village of Kobar, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank after the man killed three Jewish residents of a nearby Israeli settlement.
![A man swims to cool off in the Blue Eye water spring and natural phenomenon occurring near the city of Sarande, Albania.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c08c934b-1ee5-417a-8455-4b35ee7d37ef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man swims to cool off in the Blue Eye water spring and natural phenomenon occurring near the city of Sarande, Albania.