A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 8, 2022
![Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot during a campaign speech.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10070000-0aff-0242-fc54-08da61123398_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot during a campaign speech.
![Muslim pilgrims gather on the plain of Arafat during the yearly hajj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10060000-0aff-0242-beef-08da61121968_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Muslim pilgrims gather on the plain of Arafat during the yearly hajj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
![Sheep stand in a group at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10060000-0aff-0242-1ac3-08da6112199b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sheep stand in a group at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan.
![Moscow city deputy Alexei Gorinov, accused of spreading "knowingly false information" about the Russian army fighting in Ukraine, stands with a poster reading ""Do you still need this war?" inside a glass cell during the hearing in his trial at a courthouse in Moscow on July 8, 2022. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/10070000-0aff-0242-f643-08da6112195e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Moscow city deputy Alexei Gorinov, accused of spreading "knowingly false information" about the Russian army fighting in Ukraine, stands with a poster reading ""Do you still need this war?" inside a glass cell during the hearing in his trial at a courthouse in Moscow on July 8, 2022.