A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 14, 2017
![Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks in ceremonial hats participate in a special prayer to prepare for the Tibetan New Year, at the Gyuto monastery near Dharmsala, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/99b9728d-a73e-4025-957f-98a4be1d1d6a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks in ceremonial hats participate in a special prayer to prepare for the Tibetan New Year, at the Gyuto monastery near Dharmsala, India.
![A female protester holds a photo of Shi'ite scholar Isa Qassim as she confronts the armored personnel carrier of riot police during a demonstration to mark the 6th anniversary of the February 14 uprising, in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, Bahrain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1194ac5b-59de-46aa-8d18-54cb3e08c7ad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A female protester holds a photo of Shi'ite scholar Isa Qassim as she confronts the armored personnel carrier of riot police during a demonstration to mark the 6th anniversary of the February 14 uprising, in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, Bahrain.
![This aerial view shows submerged trucks in flowing water in Oroville, California, Feb. 13, 2017. Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in northern California after a threat of catastrophic failure at the United States' tallest dam.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b0def611-ebc9-44b7-998b-f8840e6556a1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This aerial view shows submerged trucks in flowing water in Oroville, California, Feb. 13, 2017. Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in northern California after a threat of catastrophic failure at the United States' tallest dam.
![California Department of Water Resources crews inspect and evaluate the erosion just below the Lake Oroville Emergency Spillway site after lake levels receded, in Oroville, California, Feb. 13, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c2fe040e-a60c-4faa-9016-5190edd9ad92_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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California Department of Water Resources crews inspect and evaluate the erosion just below the Lake Oroville Emergency Spillway site after lake levels receded, in Oroville, California, Feb. 13, 2017.