A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 16, 2023
![Pope Francis leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-d708-08db6e8c68e9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
![A drone view shows a broken bridge, after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall, along the Naliya-Bhuj highway, in the western state of Gujarat, India. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-3d48-08db6e8c5baf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A drone view shows a broken bridge, after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall, along the Naliya-Bhuj highway, in the western state of Gujarat, India. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
![Women shelter under hats and masks as they walk out of the Forbidden City during hot weather conditions in Beijing. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-43f1-08db6e8c4e5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women shelter under hats and masks as they walk out of the Forbidden City during hot weather conditions in Beijing. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
![Swiss-French artist Saype poses next to his land art painting on grass representing a discarded plastic bottle, in the Parc Bourget in Lausanne, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-3ec4-08db6e8c4e4f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Swiss-French artist Saype poses next to his land art painting on grass representing a discarded plastic bottle, in the Parc Bourget in Lausanne, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse