A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 16, 2023
![Empty tracks are seen at the Clapham Junction station in south London as train drivers hold a strike over pay issues. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-2a84-08db26472aec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Empty tracks are seen at the Clapham Junction station in south London as train drivers hold a strike over pay issues.
![This photo taken from video shows a Russian Su-27 approaching from the rear of the MQ-9 drone above the Black Sea and beginning to release fuel as it passes, the Pentagon said. (U.S. Department of Defense via AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-a6ef-08db260ca24f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This photo taken from video shows a Russian Su-27 approaching from the rear of the MQ-9 drone above the Black Sea and beginning to release fuel as it passes, the Pentagon said. (U.S. Department of Defense via AP)
![Members of left-wing coalition NUPES (New People's Ecologic and Social Union) hold signs during the speech of France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne (C), as she confirms to force through a proposed pension bill without a parliament vote during a session on the government's pension reform at the lower house National Assembly, in Paris.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-325e-08db26472aec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of left-wing coalition NUPES (New People's Ecologic and Social Union) hold signs during the speech of France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne (C), as she confirms to force through a proposed pension bill without a parliament vote during a session on the government's pension reform at the lower house National Assembly, in Paris.
![Women use bags to cover their feet and legs to walk on a street covered in mud following Cyclone Yaku in Punta Hermosa, Peru, March 15, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-71d0-08db26473eee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women use bags to cover their feet and legs to walk on a street covered in mud following Cyclone Yaku in Punta Hermosa, Peru, March 15, 2023.