A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 12, 2023
![Spanish police officers carry out a test on drugs found on an intercepted Brazilian fishing vessel carrying around 1,500 kilograms of cocaine in Gran Canaria, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-73f2-08db53101b4f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Spanish police officers carry out a test on drugs found on an intercepted Brazilian fishing vessel carrying around 1,500 kilograms of cocaine in Gran Canaria, Spain.
![Supporters gesture as they attend a major rally event ahead of the upcoming election, in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-b511-08db5310068e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters gesture as they attend a major rally event ahead of the upcoming election, in Bangkok, Thailand.
![A boy looks out a window of a building where a Turkish flag hangs ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-30ba-08db531015f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy looks out a window of a building where a Turkish flag hangs ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey.
![Malaysia's Muhammad Hafizul Adnan, right, attempts to kick the ball during Cambodia's Phom Kongkia sepaktakraw, or kick volleyball, team match at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-7e60-08db5310069b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Malaysia's Muhammad Hafizul Adnan, right, attempts to kick the ball during Cambodia's Phom Kongkia sepaktakraw, or kick volleyball, team match at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh.