A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 31, 2019
![Workers at the DusitD2 Hotel celebrate during its reopening. It was closed following an attack by Al-Shabaab-affiliated militants that killed at least 21 people in Nairobi, Kenya.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0af1a8f1-0bc5-4a9d-9dad-e0d3eebf2b12_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers at the DusitD2 Hotel celebrate during its reopening. It was closed following an attack by Al-Shabaab-affiliated militants that killed at least 21 people in Nairobi, Kenya.
![Pakistani family members help each other cross a stream created by heavy rainfall in Karachi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a0f1dd20-3641-4268-a5e2-04c6a33b34f7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani family members help each other cross a stream created by heavy rainfall in Karachi.
![Chinese honor guard members prepare for a ceremony to welcome Colombia's President Ivan Duque at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2d375a20-eb73-476a-bbc7-bdef1cd57bed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chinese honor guard members prepare for a ceremony to welcome Colombia's President Ivan Duque at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
![A sea lion falls into the mouth of a humpback whale in Monterey Bay, California, July 30, 2019, for what the wildlife photographer who captured the image calls a "once-in-a-lifetime" moment. (Credit: Chase Dekker)](https://gdb.voanews.com/af3a8765-b158-41ee-b3c9-d883a7bde92b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A sea lion falls into the mouth of a humpback whale in Monterey Bay, California, July 30, 2019, for what the wildlife photographer who captured the image calls a "once-in-a-lifetime" moment. (Credit: Chase Dekker)