A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 8, 2019
![Members of the Kyrgyz special forces block a street during clashes between his supporters and law enforcement near the former president's residence in the village of Koy-Tash, some 20 kilometers from Bishkek.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8f177bcb-697e-4789-8e60-061d8a4a88fb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Kyrgyz special forces block a street during clashes between his supporters and law enforcement near the former president's residence in the village of Koy-Tash, some 20 kilometers from Bishkek.
![A worker sprays a substance on the ground to soak up lead during an operation at Saint Benoit school near Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9425d381-890e-4030-8677-55b762d640f7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker sprays a substance on the ground to soak up lead during an operation at Saint Benoit school near Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France.
![The Villarrica Volcano is seen at night from Pucon town, Chile.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1192a155-2a66-45e6-8584-b2443b98b5c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Villarrica Volcano is seen at night from Pucon town, Chile.
![Tammy Williams, left, holds a photo of her son Trevor Irby, 25, as she and her husband Will leave a funeral service in Romulus, New York. Irby and two others were killed on July 28 when Santino William Legan cut through a fence and opened fire with a Romanian-made AK-47 style-rifle at the popular Gilroy Garlic Festival in California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/677ff9f2-5647-4e85-8301-e8876c0702d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tammy Williams, left, holds a photo of her son Trevor Irby, 25, as she and her husband Will leave a funeral service in Romulus, New York. Irby and two others were killed on July 28 when Santino William Legan cut through a fence and opened fire with a Romanian-made AK-47 style-rifle at the popular Gilroy Garlic Festival in California.