A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 7, 2019
![Women stand near a banner of an International Women's Day photo show in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ahead of International Women's Day, which is celebrated every year on March 8.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86ec4542-f26e-4de4-9897-22c57260c393_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women stand near a banner of an International Women's Day photo show in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ahead of International Women's Day, which is celebrated every year on March 8.
![Women practice Shivkalin Yudha Kala, a Maharashtrian martial art on the day before International Women's Day, at a ground on the outskirts of Mumbai, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/47bc5933-bf33-475d-8fa5-8efc3b50053a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women practice Shivkalin Yudha Kala, a Maharashtrian martial art on the day before International Women's Day, at a ground on the outskirts of Mumbai, India.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth views a painting with Science Museum Director Ian Blatchford during a visit to the museum in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d387b0f1-1d77-443e-b93d-c8b524a3a6e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth views a painting with Science Museum Director Ian Blatchford during a visit to the museum in London.
![Police officers detain an activist of the Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress during a protest demanding the resignations of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4ae17cf9-c699-4055-819e-19e4cd15a205_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police officers detain an activist of the Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress during a protest demanding the resignations of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi.