A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 18, 2020
![A Palestinian fisherman cleans his fishing net after the Israeli decision to close Gaza's fishing zone, on the beach in Gaza City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/223ea34b-3fab-432a-957f-ca2791e6060a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian fisherman cleans his fishing net after the Israeli decision to close Gaza's fishing zone, on the beach in Gaza City.
![An injured cow is flown by helicopter at Klausen Pass in Switzerland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c83d80ee-8b96-43b9-991a-2dc456ad6490_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An injured cow is flown by helicopter at Klausen Pass in Switzerland.
![A woman walks past a showcase with a Torah scroll shown in the new show 'Jewish Life in Germany: Past and Present' at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, German.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3943940a-f6f4-4692-a7fe-c04df664ee74_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks past a showcase with a Torah scroll shown in the new show 'Jewish Life in Germany: Past and Present' at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, German.
![Theater workers show their resignation letters to Yuri Bondar, Belarusian Minister of Culture, in the Janka Kupala National Theater in Minsk after the theater's director, Pavel Latushko, was fired.](https://gdb.voanews.com/00cd11f8-dfc8-401b-a154-499956c5ab73_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Theater workers show their resignation letters to Yuri Bondar, Belarusian Minister of Culture, in the Janka Kupala National Theater in Minsk after the theater's director, Pavel Latushko, was fired.