A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 23, 2022
![Sandbar sharks swim next to a person snorkling in the Mediterranean Sea near a power plant off the coast of Hadera, Israel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4360000-0aff-0242-23db-08d9f700930d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sandbar sharks swim next to a person snorkling in the Mediterranean Sea near a power plant off the coast of Hadera, Israel.
![A child sleeps on steps while waiting for her mother at a COVID-19 testing center in Hong Kong, as the city faces its worst coronavirus wave to date.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4360000-0aff-0242-d357-08d9f700930b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child sleeps on steps while waiting for her mother at a COVID-19 testing center in Hong Kong, as the city faces its worst coronavirus wave to date.
![Migrants use a chair to protect themselves from rocks during a protest by migrants to demand speedy processing of humanitarian visas to continue on their way to the United States, outside the office of the National Migration Institute (INM) in Tapachula, Mexico, Feb. 22, 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4360000-0aff-0242-66da-08d9f7009c5f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrants use a chair to protect themselves from rocks during a protest by migrants to demand speedy processing of humanitarian visas to continue on their way to the United States, outside the office of the National Migration Institute (INM) in Tapachula, Mexico, Feb. 22, 2022.
![City workers use shovels to remove snow from road during a snowfall in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c42c0000-0aff-0242-dc89-08d9f7009c57_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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City workers use shovels to remove snow from road during a snowfall in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.