A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 9, 2021
![A girl looks out of the window of a vehicle while waiting at the Rafah border crossing's departure area to travel from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, which reopened recently. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/99a79f09-f093-40d0-8835-3ed5e12a3dd8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl looks out of the window of a vehicle while waiting at the Rafah border crossing's departure area to travel from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, which reopened recently. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
![A police officer holds a weapon during clashes with protesters rallying against the military coup and demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0c77992f-5d65-49f3-9d01-c89dcc341104_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer holds a weapon during clashes with protesters rallying against the military coup and demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
![Demonstrators clash with police as they protest against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Mandalay, Myanmar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fd9ff97f-b988-4d40-bebb-ccdd4e1c7445_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators clash with police as they protest against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Mandalay, Myanmar.
![Yekaterina Andreeva and Darya Chultsova, reporters working for the Polish television channel Belsat who have been accused of coordinating mass protests in 2020 by broadcasting live reports, are seen inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/64dd04ec-907b-4064-979f-6bb79844b427_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Yekaterina Andreeva and Darya Chultsova, reporters working for the Polish television channel Belsat who have been accused of coordinating mass protests in 2020 by broadcasting live reports, are seen inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus.