A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 21, 2021

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The Met Life and Chrysler buildings are seen through thick clouds hanging over Manhattan in New York, July 20, 2021. Wildfires in the American West are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive fires blow smoke and ash into the air up to nine kilometers high.

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A soldier throws water out of a house, following heavy rainfalls, in Bad Muenstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany.

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A demonstrator raises an axe towards riot police during anti-government protests, as Colombia marks Independence Day in Bogota, July 20, 2021.

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Protesters clash with police officers during a rally in the Kadikoy district in Istanbul, July 20, 2021, called to mark the anniversary of the 2015 suicide attack that took place in the southern Turkish town of Suruc.