A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 14, 2015
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Tibetan Buddhists and tourists view a huge Thangka, a religious silk embroidery displaying a Buddha portrait, during the Shoton Festival at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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A Saudi man sells dates from the back of his trucks during the first day of the Buraydah Dates Festival in Buraydah, 400 kms northwest Riyadh. The festival site covers an area of 300,000 square meters that can accommodate 2,000 trucks and cold-storage vehicles.
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Former U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura pose with their new grand daughter Poppy Louise (R) and her sister Mila Hager, after their daughter Jenna Bush Hager gave birth in New York in a photo provided by the Office of George W. Bush.
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A man reads a book at a street art gallery in Moscow, Russia.