A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 29, 2016
![A man holds himself on the side of a boat after jumping into the sea from a crowded wooden boat during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1387f672-d28d-42a0-b71c-82a0b4cf8567_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man holds himself on the side of a boat after jumping into the sea from a crowded wooden boat during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya.
![An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in the Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2110abfc-9e47-4dc6-a101-7e7cd0fb33c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in the Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province.
![A farmer checks hot peppers laid out on a road to dry under the sun before selling them to factories in Kilis province, Turkey.](https://gdb.voanews.com/47d48c06-9cd7-41b6-8062-79cf1128355d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A farmer checks hot peppers laid out on a road to dry under the sun before selling them to factories in Kilis province, Turkey.
![Police and a firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire in a village in Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/acc541d4-9e97-4685-826e-0b18f45fe4f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police and a firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire in a village in Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia.