A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 20, 2020
![In this picture released by MHI, an H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan. A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away on a seven-month trip to Mars, becoming the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/2195b057-d185-4354-93a1-9efc546db927_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this picture released by MHI, an H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan. A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away on a seven-month trip to Mars, becoming the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
![A patient severely infected with COVID-19 is seen on life support at the Andohatapenaka University Hospital in Antananarivo, Madagascar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/56a3fa54-f6a0-4c7e-9eff-f98a3fa59e51_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A patient severely infected with COVID-19 is seen on life support at the Andohatapenaka University Hospital in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
![Federal agents use crowd control measures to break up a group of Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, July 19, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6e2a5949-0212-4168-9f44-10d77af99f4a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Federal agents use crowd control measures to break up a group of Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, July 19, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.
![The Comet C/2020 or "Neowise" is seen in the sky over Ortenbourg castle, near Scherwiller, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/875f0628-5aae-4db6-957f-1964f432407f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Comet C/2020 or "Neowise" is seen in the sky over Ortenbourg castle, near Scherwiller, France.