A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 22, 2107
![Entertainer Oprah Winfrey receives an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree during Commencement ceremonies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, May 21, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/49fa4f23-0e5d-4a10-92af-1adfb3c66381_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Entertainer Oprah Winfrey receives an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree during Commencement ceremonies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, May 21, 2017.
![Military officials pull a dead whale out of the sea in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 22, 2017..](https://gdb.voanews.com/a689ea8d-f5e8-4f82-8545-6736942c95d7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Military officials pull a dead whale out of the sea in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 22, 2017..
![Children sing as Buddhist leader The Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje takes part in a ceremony to bless the Peace Monument at the Imperial War Museum in London, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5d1840bc-b4ea-4be9-8413-8a2ae1af9e18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children sing as Buddhist leader The Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje takes part in a ceremony to bless the Peace Monument at the Imperial War Museum in London, Britain.
![Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jogs past a group of high school students dressed for their prom in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2870010e-367b-4294-9652-f5c1342b668a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jogs past a group of high school students dressed for their prom in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.