A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 16, 2019
![A Kashmiri child looks from behind a fence at a the site of a demonstration in Srinagar to protest of the Indian government's decision to cancel the area's special constitutional status.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c7d58e83-817e-4a09-ad90-bf7564460a17_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kashmiri child looks from behind a fence at a the site of a demonstration in Srinagar to protest of the Indian government's decision to cancel the area's special constitutional status.
![Alain Robert, a French rock and building climber, hangs on to a Cheung Kong Center's wall after hanging a large cloth displaying Chinese and Hong Kong flags.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9c60b900-c6cb-4a9d-a44f-81efdfd8a4c2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Alain Robert, a French rock and building climber, hangs on to a Cheung Kong Center's wall after hanging a large cloth displaying Chinese and Hong Kong flags.
![An Afghan boy gathers used plastic at a recycling unit in Kabul, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c38ac078-3143-4f41-8d8a-68bafb501782_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan boy gathers used plastic at a recycling unit in Kabul, Afghanistan.
![People hold hands in a circle around a large, lit peace sign on the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, New York, Aug. 15, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/eaa05914-32a1-4d73-a216-ace0fb4de373_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People hold hands in a circle around a large, lit peace sign on the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, New York, Aug. 15, 2019.