A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 29, 2023
![A man places flowers at the grave of Valery Chekalov, logistics chief of the Wagner private mercenary group, after his funeral at the Severnoye cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-cf8b-08dba8b5570d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man places flowers at the grave of Valery Chekalov, logistics chief of the Wagner private mercenary group, after his funeral at the Severnoye cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
![A Palestinian man gestures as an Israeli machinery guarded by Israeli forces demolishes a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-b1c3-08dba8b55099_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian man gestures as an Israeli machinery guarded by Israeli forces demolishes a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
![People pass a bridge over the river Inn in the old town of Innsbruck, Austria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-314e-08dba8b5485b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People pass a bridge over the river Inn in the old town of Innsbruck, Austria.
![A guest sits on ice sculptor Mark Ranasinghe’s creations in freezing temperatures at Chillout Ice Lounge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 28, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-42aa-08dba8b557b3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A guest sits on ice sculptor Mark Ranasinghe’s creations in freezing temperatures at Chillout Ice Lounge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 28, 2023.