A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 12, 2023
![A person in a canoe passes cars partly under water because of recent rain storms in Montpelier, Vermont, July 11, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-85b6-08db82fd3b54_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A person in a canoe passes cars partly under water because of recent rain storms in Montpelier, Vermont, July 11, 2023.
![Children read books that they borrowed from Mohamed Abdel Aziz's house, which has been turned into a free learning center for village students who lack access to cultural services and activities, at Bishet Amer village in the Sharqia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-bfa6-08db82fd33ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children read books that they borrowed from Mohamed Abdel Aziz's house, which has been turned into a free learning center for village students who lack access to cultural services and activities, at Bishet Amer village in the Sharqia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt.
![A resident watches as a health worker fumigates in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-4b9f-08db82fd3b3e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A resident watches as a health worker fumigates in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo.
![Alpecin-Deceuninck's Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen (2nd R) sprints to the finish line ahead of Team Jayco Alula's Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen (R) and Bahrain - Victorious' German rider Phil Bauhaus (C) to win the 11th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 180 km between Clermont-Ferrand and Moulins, in central France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-3c34-08db82fd6353_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Alpecin-Deceuninck's Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen (2nd R) sprints to the finish line ahead of Team Jayco Alula's Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen (R) and Bahrain - Victorious' German rider Phil Bauhaus (C) to win the 11th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 180 km between Clermont-Ferrand and Moulins, in central France.