A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 20, 2021
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Firefighters spray a fire-prevention substance on trees to avoid small fires due to wind, during a wildfire in La Garde-Freinel in the department of Var, southern France.
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Members of Syria's top jihadist group the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance, led by al-Qaida's former Syria affiliate, wave with their flags and those of the Taliban's declared "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" through the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib.
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A man places a flame representing one of Japan's prefectures during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic flame lighting ceremony at the state guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents flowers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.