A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 4, 2017
![A lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is seen in the water off the island of Lindoya in the Oslo fjord.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fc3d4997-4e25-47a9-8fda-289ee38fb2ca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is seen in the water off the island of Lindoya in the Oslo fjord.
![An Indian Hindu devotee with his mouth pierced with metal rod performs a ritual on the occasion of 'Aadi' festival in Chennai.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b1be02b0-e494-48c6-bd2e-a6ab78d4489e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian Hindu devotee with his mouth pierced with metal rod performs a ritual on the occasion of 'Aadi' festival in Chennai.
![Indian paramilitary soldiers use slings to shoot glass marbles at Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.](https://gdb.voanews.com/57f9845b-db36-4f90-93fb-9283f1c97759_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indian paramilitary soldiers use slings to shoot glass marbles at Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.
![Villagers gather in front of a house as they watch Mount Sinabung releasing a pyroclastic flow during its eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09e44d40-9703-4b6d-a72a-da050bcf0af4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Villagers gather in front of a house as they watch Mount Sinabung releasing a pyroclastic flow during its eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia.