A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 11, 2021
![Sweden's Nils van der Poel competes during men's 5,000 meters race at the World Championships Speedskating Single Distance at the Thialf ice arena in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e68cb662-d7a3-4ee2-9ecc-0a71f8e06238_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sweden's Nils van der Poel competes during men's 5,000 meters race at the World Championships Speedskating Single Distance at the Thialf ice arena in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands.
![People and security members run away as Kurdish animal rights activists release a bear into the wild after rescuing it from captivity, in Dohuk, Iraq.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f4eb7a7f-0ad8-4d65-87d9-31841b295a85_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People and security members run away as Kurdish animal rights activists release a bear into the wild after rescuing it from captivity, in Dohuk, Iraq.
![Journalists help a colleague who fainted after police threw tear gas during a protest against Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 10, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/66636f3a-47da-498c-8ccb-6dad4ee89588_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Journalists help a colleague who fainted after police threw tear gas during a protest against Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 10, 2021.
![Migrants cross the Chucunaque river after walking for five days in the Darien Gap, in Bajo Chiquito village, Darien province, Panama, Feb. 10, 2021, on their way to the U.S.](https://gdb.voanews.com/da5a00d6-1544-4593-a6aa-942252d2d58f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrants cross the Chucunaque river after walking for five days in the Darien Gap, in Bajo Chiquito village, Darien province, Panama, Feb. 10, 2021, on their way to the U.S.