A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 1, 2016
![Iranian schoolgirls follow debates of lawmakers in an open session of the outgoing parliament in Tehran.](https://gdb.voanews.com/308fee89-ac66-43b5-b4c3-21453df14998_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian schoolgirls follow debates of lawmakers in an open session of the outgoing parliament in Tehran.
![A man swims in the Mediterranean Sea during a warm and sunny winter day in Nice, France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a47e86dc-3fb3-460d-9a2b-ffda842c8a34_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man swims in the Mediterranean Sea during a warm and sunny winter day in Nice, France.
![People take pictures of the head of a Buddha statue that is some 1,500-years-old, moments after it was presented at the National Museum of China in Beijing.](https://gdb.voanews.com/52b88fe3-4cd7-4e59-a397-e449abdfbaeb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take pictures of the head of a Buddha statue that is some 1,500-years-old, moments after it was presented at the National Museum of China in Beijing.
![Photographer Christopher Morris is removed by security officials as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Radford, Virginia, Feb. 29, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/24766dd9-9124-4166-b04b-984957bd0c1b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Photographer Christopher Morris is removed by security officials as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Radford, Virginia, Feb. 29, 2016.