A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 6, 2019
![A family prays near the ruins of a headless Buddha statue, which has resurfaced in a dried-up dam because of drought, in Lopburi, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0f213292-45ac-4a4a-b479-1b5e32e9bc3e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A family prays near the ruins of a headless Buddha statue, which has resurfaced in a dried-up dam because of drought, in Lopburi, Thailand.
![A Palestinian man picks up prickly cactus pears at a farm in the village of Nilin near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e83a09f9-c544-4c15-a465-c6002e005dc3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian man picks up prickly cactus pears at a farm in the village of Nilin near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
![Antonio Basbo (right) holds the cross of his common-law wife Margie Reckard, who died in a mass shooting, as he walks to a temporary memorial in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 5, 2019. A shooting two days earlier left 22 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall WalMart.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b3fbea8f-c18b-41d6-8aa9-500e035e2997_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Antonio Basbo (right) holds the cross of his common-law wife Margie Reckard, who died in a mass shooting, as he walks to a temporary memorial in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 5, 2019. A shooting two days earlier left 22 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall WalMart.
![A participant is seen during the torch war or "Perang Obor," a tradition held by locals to show thanks to God for fortune, health, and salvation, in Jepara, Central Java province, Indonesia. Picture taken by Antara Foto.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd5bcb79-e295-4184-9d54-32264220c7ef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A participant is seen during the torch war or "Perang Obor," a tradition held by locals to show thanks to God for fortune, health, and salvation, in Jepara, Central Java province, Indonesia. Picture taken by Antara Foto.