A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 29, 2016
![Lightning strikes close to wind turbines in a wind energy park during a thunderstorm near Sieversdorf in eastern Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3747b5a-f177-4806-969e-a74c22150032_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lightning strikes close to wind turbines in a wind energy park during a thunderstorm near Sieversdorf in eastern Germany.
![Performers in costume pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c7860c72-1209-4361-84f6-97572470df48_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Performers in costume pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
![Dead wild reindeer are seen on Hardangervidda in Norway, after lightning struck the central mountain plateau and killed more than 300 of them.](https://gdb.voanews.com/79e235ec-2f99-4df2-b4c7-6d57ef8a9f1f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dead wild reindeer are seen on Hardangervidda in Norway, after lightning struck the central mountain plateau and killed more than 300 of them.
![Heavy rain clouds move over the central business district in Bangkok.](https://gdb.voanews.com/15ccf115-cbc5-4f30-95ea-621657eeeee5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Heavy rain clouds move over the central business district in Bangkok.