A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 18, 2023
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A boy cools off in a public fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania. The heat wave continues in Lithuania as temperatures rise to as high as 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
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An athlete runs past cutouts of the World Athletics Championships' mascot, Youhuu, a native Hungarian sheep, at the National Athletics Centre, one day ahead of the start of the championships in Budapest, Hungary.
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Wearing a bulletproof vest and ballistic helmet, presidential hopeful Christian Zurita, who was named to replace slain candidate Fernando Villavicencio, has his clothing fixed during his closing campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 17, 2023.
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Confetti and smoke in the colors of the Indian national flag mark the entry of INS Vindhyagiri, a new warship for the Indian navy, into the Hooghly river in Kolkata, India, Aug. 17, 2023.