A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 24, 2022
![A homeless man prepares food as marchers pass by after the members of several labor unions began a nationwide strike over the high cost of living in Cape Town, South Africa.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01630000-0aff-0242-4e65-08da85f8de88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A homeless man prepares food as marchers pass by after the members of several labor unions began a nationwide strike over the high cost of living in Cape Town, South Africa.
![People get ready to take pictures of Larry the cat sitting in front of a flower arch of Ukraine's national flower, sunflowers, placed outside Number 10 Downing Street in London to mark Ukrainian Independence Day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01a10000-0aff-0242-604a-08da85f8de76_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People get ready to take pictures of Larry the cat sitting in front of a flower arch of Ukraine's national flower, sunflowers, placed outside Number 10 Downing Street in London to mark Ukrainian Independence Day.
![Pagodas are seen on Louxingdun island that usually remain partly underwater in Poyang Lake, which is facing low water levels due to a severe lack of rain, in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01630000-0aff-0242-5e26-08da85f8dea3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pagodas are seen on Louxingdun island that usually remain partly underwater in Poyang Lake, which is facing low water levels due to a severe lack of rain, in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China.
![Firefighters work next to a flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic as they attempt to extinguish a fire at the shopping mall Galaktika following recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01a10000-0aff-0242-394c-08da85f8dea3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters work next to a flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic as they attempt to extinguish a fire at the shopping mall Galaktika following recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine.