A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 4, 2023
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Pope Francis hears confession from a person in the World Youth Day gathering of young Catholics, in Praca do Imperio square, in the Lisbon district of Belem. Around one million pilgrims from all over the world will attend the World Youth Day, the largest Catholic gathering in the world, created in 1986 by John Paul II. (AFP photo/Vatican Media)
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Andrew Tate speaks to media after being released from house arrest and put under judicial control measures, on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania. Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal Friday alongside his brother to be released from house arrest and will instead be put under judicial control measures, his spokesperson said.
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An Indian Army soldier carrying his baby reacts as he walks past graduating soldiers from the first batch of Agniveer scheme during their graduation ceremony in Bengaluru, India. Agniveer, a new short-term job program announced by the government for the military, was launched in June 2022.
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A man runs past Lebanese flags placed in honor of those who died in the 2020 Beirut port explosion on the third anniversary of the blast, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.