A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 4, 2020
![French urban climber Alain Robert scales the 144 meters of the Glories tower in Barcelona, Spain. Robert climbed up he tower in about 20 minutes. Spanish officials detained him for a short time after the act.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0b230871-d438-4248-af3e-d6dedf5f64f3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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French urban climber Alain Robert scales the 144 meters of the Glories tower in Barcelona, Spain. Robert climbed up he tower in about 20 minutes. Spanish officials detained him for a short time after the act.
![A soldier is fed snake blood during the Cobra Gold military exercise in Chonburi, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1bf1b99f-f9f1-42b5-807f-8e7841e2c8ef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A soldier is fed snake blood during the Cobra Gold military exercise in Chonburi, Thailand.
![Army soldiers wearing protective clothes spray disinfectant as a measure against the new coronavirus at a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea.](https://gdb.voanews.com/47ad79e7-34be-4a8a-9a8d-73c8c421800e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Army soldiers wearing protective clothes spray disinfectant as a measure against the new coronavirus at a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea.
![Damaged planes and property are seen at the John C. Tune Airport after a tornado hit Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a1fe162a-e2e0-430b-b668-e875430b58e2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Damaged planes and property are seen at the John C. Tune Airport after a tornado hit Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 2020.