A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 7, 2019
![Laborers cross a pedestrian bridge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5c084fc3-1692-4dcf-af7d-36de2b35d70a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Laborers cross a pedestrian bridge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
![Seven-year-old Ulysses Watko, a tourist from Oregon, plays stands next to The Breadline sculpture at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/73a4a062-fbaf-4c5f-b820-0250bf45774e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Seven-year-old Ulysses Watko, a tourist from Oregon, plays stands next to The Breadline sculpture at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.
![Pope Francis talks with a group of nuns during his weekly general audience, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d71a37fb-e523-449d-823b-fd9c994b2257_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis talks with a group of nuns during his weekly general audience, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican.
![Pigeons fly near a woman sleeping on a bench on a hot day in Bucharest, Romania.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ff904e1d-c5f6-4c65-bdab-c0c88f1fb642_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pigeons fly near a woman sleeping on a bench on a hot day in Bucharest, Romania.