A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 9, 2019
![The main group rides past a sunflower field during the 213.5-kilometer stage 4 of the Tour de France cycling race between Reims and Nancy, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3ee257a1-f04b-4def-bde6-54afd2ff6375_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The main group rides past a sunflower field during the 213.5-kilometer stage 4 of the Tour de France cycling race between Reims and Nancy, France.
![Whale sculptures made from plastic waste recovered from the ocean are seen at the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary.](https://gdb.voanews.com/06de079b-a949-456d-9b80-1bc25949509b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Whale sculptures made from plastic waste recovered from the ocean are seen at the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary.
![A boy swims in a pond covered with algae in Bhaktapur, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/64f6819c-c677-4b87-8d4d-f39142449817_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy swims in a pond covered with algae in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
![A group of Iranian Kurdish women who have joined Kurdish peshmerga fighters take part in a training session in a military camp in Erbil, Iraq.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5381b7f9-8b2d-44d3-9de3-b57a6a90d56f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A group of Iranian Kurdish women who have joined Kurdish peshmerga fighters take part in a training session in a military camp in Erbil, Iraq.