A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 8, 2021
![A girl puts flowers at an installation of women's red shoes displayed on a staircase, as a symbol to denounce violence against women, at Durresi main square in Tirana, Albania, on International Women's Day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e7aec7b0-4298-4dda-9a17-eda8aa03bb88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl puts flowers at an installation of women's red shoes displayed on a staircase, as a symbol to denounce violence against women, at Durresi main square in Tirana, Albania, on International Women's Day.
![Demonstrators shout slogans in front of riot policemen during a protest against the arrest of opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko, Senegal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/752411ea-6ef9-4854-8813-5afdc4ada4b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators shout slogans in front of riot policemen during a protest against the arrest of opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko, Senegal.
![Myanmar riot police stand in front of road barricade, as protesters hang women's sarongs overhead in Yangon, Myanmar. There is a traditional belief that walking underneath women's sarongs (htamein) will bring bad luck especially to men.](https://gdb.voanews.com/eaeede22-74a5-4da8-a0f3-0371cf9267fa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Myanmar riot police stand in front of road barricade, as protesters hang women's sarongs overhead in Yangon, Myanmar. There is a traditional belief that walking underneath women's sarongs (htamein) will bring bad luck especially to men.
![Israeli soldiers stand guard as a Palestinian who works in Israel receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Tarkumiya crossing between the West Bank and Israel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a74b6276-f9d6-4bd9-bdb3-19d5842ebde5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli soldiers stand guard as a Palestinian who works in Israel receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Tarkumiya crossing between the West Bank and Israel.