A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 19, 2021
![An Afghan child sleeping on the cargo floor of a U.S. Air Force C-17 is kept warm by the clothing of Airman First Class Nicolas Baron, C-17 loadmaster, during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3b506ba6-ffa5-470b-a704-2c5dd83e65bc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan child sleeping on the cargo floor of a U.S. Air Force C-17 is kept warm by the clothing of Airman First Class Nicolas Baron, C-17 loadmaster, during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2021.
![A porter pushes a wheelbarrow carrying an elderly Afghan woman as they enter into Pakistan from Afghanistan at a border crossing, in Chaman, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6f826e89-d2e1-450f-8428-66093133145b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A porter pushes a wheelbarrow carrying an elderly Afghan woman as they enter into Pakistan from Afghanistan at a border crossing, in Chaman, Pakistan.
![A couple crosses the Sabarmati river covered with water plants after collecting usable items thrown as offerings by Hindu worshippers in the river, a day after the "Dashama" festival in Ahmedabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/001d2afd-5441-41bd-b83f-9c9dd7b9f386_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A couple crosses the Sabarmati river covered with water plants after collecting usable items thrown as offerings by Hindu worshippers in the river, a day after the "Dashama" festival in Ahmedabad, India.
![A boy injured after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake cries while being treated at the Ofatma Hospital, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1280508e-5218-4131-b915-f6852c638c01_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy injured after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake cries while being treated at the Ofatma Hospital, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021.