A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 22, 2023
![Germany's Science Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, left, arrives for a news conference to present the government's new strategy for supporting research into nuclear fusion, a technology some hope will some day provide almost unlimited clean energy, in Berlin, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-fda3-08db73446006_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Germany's Science Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, left, arrives for a news conference to present the government's new strategy for supporting research into nuclear fusion, a technology some hope will some day provide almost unlimited clean energy, in Berlin, Germany.
![People compete in a dragon boat during the yearly Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Aberdeen fishing port in Hong Kong.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-004e-08db73445331_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People compete in a dragon boat during the yearly Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Aberdeen fishing port in Hong Kong.
![First lady Jill Biden, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden wave from the Blue Room Balcony during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-a573-08db734454f3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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First lady Jill Biden, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden wave from the Blue Room Balcony during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, accompanied by Victory Museum Director Alexander Shkolnik, visits the Victory Museum in Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-2e6a-08db73446109_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, accompanied by Victory Museum Director Alexander Shkolnik, visits the Victory Museum in Moscow, Russia.