A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 12, 2021
![Father Felix Mendoza, a Catholic priest, center, prays over a woman who cries, saying she is in physical pain, at a public hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, May 11, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://gdb.voanews.com/41fccd01-3235-4b17-a45b-79d258c84d97_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Father Felix Mendoza, a Catholic priest, center, prays over a woman who cries, saying she is in physical pain, at a public hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, May 11, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
![People pray after applying cow dung on their bodies during "cow dung therapy", believing it will boost their immunity to defend against the COVID-19 at the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam Gaushala or cow shelter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3422564f-8f3d-4c6d-b192-35851eb1ea8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People pray after applying cow dung on their bodies during "cow dung therapy", believing it will boost their immunity to defend against the COVID-19 at the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam Gaushala or cow shelter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.
![Israel's Polina Prikazchikova competes in the final of the Solo Free Artistic Swimming event during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2568c2a3-66b7-4164-8e6b-5d4eb7a1bfcd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israel's Polina Prikazchikova competes in the final of the Solo Free Artistic Swimming event during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
![Nurses lay on the floor in the ICU unit during a demonstration on International Nursing and Care day, at the Mont Legia Hospital in Liege, Belgium.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3e5e2601-23e0-49ff-9c9e-0c00fcdf3294_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nurses lay on the floor in the ICU unit during a demonstration on International Nursing and Care day, at the Mont Legia Hospital in Liege, Belgium.