A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 24, 2021
![A child sits on the floor at Fiumicino Airport, as Afghan evacuees arrive in Italy following their trip from Kabul, in Rome, Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cdea507a-fc38-473c-83fc-734e58024635_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child sits on the floor at Fiumicino Airport, as Afghan evacuees arrive in Italy following their trip from Kabul, in Rome, Italy.
![Fireworks are seen over National Stadium viewed from Shibuya Sky observation deck during the Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/67a5d9d4-218a-4542-bb71-713d7f5744ed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fireworks are seen over National Stadium viewed from Shibuya Sky observation deck during the Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.
![A woman sells balloons at a Juhu beach in Mumbai, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e793b8bb-8ee8-4dd5-9b3c-3cb800397182_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sells balloons at a Juhu beach in Mumbai, India.
![Afghans walk along fences as they arrive in Pakistan through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman, following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0592e304-cd34-4707-9305-68de956168f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghans walk along fences as they arrive in Pakistan through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman, following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.