A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 19, 2023
![Smoke rises over an ammunition depot where explosions happened at the facility in the Kirovsky district in Crimea. Russian emergency officials in Crimea said more than 2,200 people were evacuated from four villages because of a fire at a military facility.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-a427-08db88810db0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke rises over an ammunition depot where explosions happened at the facility in the Kirovsky district in Crimea. Russian emergency officials in Crimea said more than 2,200 people were evacuated from four villages because of a fire at a military facility.
![A light painting created by a torch light with a diamond plexiglass for the white orb and fiber optic lights to create smoke and fire effects under the orb is displayed at the Performing Art studio in Coleg Menai, North Wales, UK, July 18, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-62fb-08db888ee99d_w1024_q10_s.png)
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A light painting created by a torch light with a diamond plexiglass for the white orb and fiber optic lights to create smoke and fire effects under the orb is displayed at the Performing Art studio in Coleg Menai, North Wales, UK, July 18, 2023.
![Israeli military reservists sign a declaration announcing the suspension of their voluntary reserve duty, to protest the government's judicial overhaul bill, in Tel Aviv.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-7480-08db88810520_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli military reservists sign a declaration announcing the suspension of their voluntary reserve duty, to protest the government's judicial overhaul bill, in Tel Aviv.
![Team cars and motorcycles got stuck in the crowd on the Col de la Loze pass during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers with the start in Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and the finish in Courchevel, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-a127-08db88810515_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Team cars and motorcycles got stuck in the crowd on the Col de la Loze pass during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers with the start in Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and the finish in Courchevel, France.