A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 12, 2021
![People wearing masks wait to buy low-cost cooking gas from the Petrobrás Oil Tankers Union in the Vila Vintem favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/18be40d7-c8a0-47f7-8b3f-f4a122dfc2ae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People wearing masks wait to buy low-cost cooking gas from the Petrobrás Oil Tankers Union in the Vila Vintem favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
![People look at polar bears inside an area at a newly opened hotel, which offers guests a chance to see such animals, in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f2ff8e00-858e-47de-b383-70795004a385_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People look at polar bears inside an area at a newly opened hotel, which offers guests a chance to see such animals, in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province.
![An Algerian anti-government demonstrator shouts during a protest in the capital Algiers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f9f7a7da-845d-4abf-815b-0bb492b686b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Algerian anti-government demonstrator shouts during a protest in the capital Algiers.
![An Arab Israeli demonstrator breaks the window of a passing car during a protest against a wave of violence in their communities, where they say police have ignored crime, in northern town of Umm el Fahm, Israel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/234d93ac-6fbc-486c-8c0e-ff63c439c50c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Arab Israeli demonstrator breaks the window of a passing car during a protest against a wave of violence in their communities, where they say police have ignored crime, in northern town of Umm el Fahm, Israel.