A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 20, 2017
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People pay respects at a memorial tribute of flowers, messages and candles to the victims on Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas promenade on the Joan Miro mosaic, embedded in the pavement where the van stopped after killing at least 14 people in Barcelona, Spain.
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A Thai swimmer checks her makeup before the women's synchronized swimming duet free routine final of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games at the National Aquatic Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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A H-IIA rocket carrying Michibiki 3 satellite, one of four satellites that will augment regional navigational systems, lifts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo, Aug. 19, 2017.
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Followers of the Universal White Brotherhood, an esoteric society that combines Christianity and Indian mysticism set up by Bulgarian Peter Deunov in the 1920s, perform a dance-like ritual called "paneurhythmy" in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, Aug. 19, 2017.