A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 19, 2019
![Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple during a ceremony to honor Makha Bucha Day outside Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cb42a876-e4ad-4593-a936-5ddcb6c542e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple during a ceremony to honor Makha Bucha Day outside Bangkok, Thailand.
![Cambodians release lanterns during the Meak Bochea Buddhist celebration in Phnom Penh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3b5e0980-1826-4f98-8503-5bf7fdf1d4f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cambodians release lanterns during the Meak Bochea Buddhist celebration in Phnom Penh.
![A Nepali Hindu rolls on the ground after performing a bathing ritual on the last day of the month-long Swasthani Festival in the Hanumante River in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu.](https://gdb.voanews.com/22c60f62-ec10-48a9-9935-6cdf33e76f67_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Nepali Hindu rolls on the ground after performing a bathing ritual on the last day of the month-long Swasthani Festival in the Hanumante River in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
![A young girl carries a broken container of food on her head in Kano, northern Nigeria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d682ee98-c06c-43f5-acd5-fc2a8fb2d266_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young girl carries a broken container of food on her head in Kano, northern Nigeria.