A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 20, 2015
![A clergyman stands near photos of people killed in anti-government protests in 2014, during a commemoration near Independence Square in Kyiv. Ukraine will mark the first anniversary of the ousting of the pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovich next weekend, honoring the memory of the 100 or so civilians killed in protests against him.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e8cff29b-42c4-4b56-9d21-aceb0668cc5e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A clergyman stands near photos of people killed in anti-government protests in 2014, during a commemoration near Independence Square in Kyiv. Ukraine will mark the first anniversary of the ousting of the pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovich next weekend, honoring the memory of the 100 or so civilians killed in protests against him.
![The Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain in Bryant Park in New York remains frozen. The temperature in Central Park Friday morning was 2 degrees Fahrenheit (-16 degrees Celsius). The previous record for this date was 7 degrees Fahrenheit (-14 degrees Celsius), set in 1950.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8995e9b3-5793-4bcf-ae2d-be2f36c3741a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain in Bryant Park in New York remains frozen. The temperature in Central Park Friday morning was 2 degrees Fahrenheit (-16 degrees Celsius). The previous record for this date was 7 degrees Fahrenheit (-14 degrees Celsius), set in 1950.
![Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (R) speaks during a gathering in support of arrested Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma in Caracas. Opposition leaders demanded the release of Ledezma arrested on accusations of plotting violence against President Nicolas Maduro's government.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0c08faaf-b70f-4f49-b2d1-4ac73d674f5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (R) speaks during a gathering in support of arrested Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma in Caracas. Opposition leaders demanded the release of Ledezma arrested on accusations of plotting violence against President Nicolas Maduro's government.
![An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city. A heavy winter storm hit parts of the Middle East on Friday, with snow forcing roads leading in and out of Jerusalem to close.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cdb9d737-924a-4081-92af-583f75d17720_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city. A heavy winter storm hit parts of the Middle East on Friday, with snow forcing roads leading in and out of Jerusalem to close.