A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 18, 2020
![People who live in a neighborhood on the edge of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo return to their homes to check the damage caused by fighting between regime forces and rebel fighters.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fcfd4d2c-37c1-4a51-87a0-237e42be10a7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People who live in a neighborhood on the edge of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo return to their homes to check the damage caused by fighting between regime forces and rebel fighters.
![People walk by a sign by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende ( also known as "TVBOY") showing Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa wearing a protective face mask and holding a mobile phone reading "Mobile World Virus" in a street of Barcelona, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6ac9d794-dbd2-4c21-bb84-5ea3b8ac115d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk by a sign by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende ( also known as "TVBOY") showing Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa wearing a protective face mask and holding a mobile phone reading "Mobile World Virus" in a street of Barcelona, Spain.
![Fog covers the base of the Kuwait Towers, in the capital Kuwait City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c9cd2484-670b-466d-8d2d-39743d83d1f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fog covers the base of the Kuwait Towers, in the capital Kuwait City.
![The humanoid robot Sophia, developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics, appears is seen during a session on artificial intelligence in Kolkata, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c9f19fa0-61c9-40a2-9f00-bdcd0e927992_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The humanoid robot Sophia, developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics, appears is seen during a session on artificial intelligence in Kolkata, India.