A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 30, 2023

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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the yearly Hajj, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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Children play in the mud in a paddy field during Asar Pandra, or paddy planting day, at Bahunbesi, Nuwakot District, 30 miles north from Kathmandu, Nepal.

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U.S. Representative George Santos, center, with his lawyer Joseph Murray, second from left, depart federal court with security and journalists in tow, in Central Islip, New York. Santos returned to court Friday for the first time since pleading not guilty last month to charges that he tricked donors, stole from his campaign, collected fraudulent unemployment benefits and lied to Congress about being a millionaire.

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Engineer Jason Lyon views Loo Garden, a temporary subterranean garden designed to represent a future healthier River Thames, in London, Britain, on June 29, 2023. The section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel — commonly known as the "Super Sewer" — is a 25-kilometer tunnel being built across London under and along the River Thames to deal with combined sewer overflows currently polluting the river.