A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 4, 2021
![A man uses a fire extinguisher in an attempt to help fight a wildfire in Varympompi suburb north of Athens, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7e5cd851-beae-473a-8acf-d07ee3e83b9a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man uses a fire extinguisher in an attempt to help fight a wildfire in Varympompi suburb north of Athens, Greece.
![Migrants from nations including Vietnam, Iran and Eritrea disembark a RNLI vessel after being rescued in the English Channel, following their departure from northern France, in Dungeness, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f0aa6901-73d2-4729-85f3-05f0c99c57b0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrants from nations including Vietnam, Iran and Eritrea disembark a RNLI vessel after being rescued in the English Channel, following their departure from northern France, in Dungeness, Britain.
![A photo taken from a helicopter shows a burning forest near the tourist resort of Marmaris, Mugla, Turkey, Aug. 3, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0f41e9ff-3951-49d9-854c-f2a84fa7f04e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A photo taken from a helicopter shows a burning forest near the tourist resort of Marmaris, Mugla, Turkey, Aug. 3, 2021.
![Emmanuel Korir, right, of Kenya, celebrates after winning the gold medal with silver medalist Ferguson Rotich, also of Kenya, in the men's 800-meter final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/73a2f5a7-2b10-4dcd-8feb-124470a8d2ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Emmanuel Korir, right, of Kenya, celebrates after winning the gold medal with silver medalist Ferguson Rotich, also of Kenya, in the men's 800-meter final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.