A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 22, 2018
![Riot police officers spray gas at photographers during scuffles at a demonstration in Paris, France. Public services workers have gone on strike as part of their protest of a government plan to cut 120,000 jobs by 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e5d4f579-cc52-4cb5-abd3-459c0e66488c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police officers spray gas at photographers during scuffles at a demonstration in Paris, France. Public services workers have gone on strike as part of their protest of a government plan to cut 120,000 jobs by 2022.
![Soldiers walk past damaged buildings in Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/16979a9c-22fb-4ca1-8bf6-cd8307198881_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers walk past damaged buildings in Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria.
![A child dressed in a traditional Chinese costume floats in the air, supported by a rig of hidden metal rods, during a parade on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong to celebrate the Bun Festival.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b06d6b6e-b0db-46ea-a4b8-ea480e54f80f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child dressed in a traditional Chinese costume floats in the air, supported by a rig of hidden metal rods, during a parade on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong to celebrate the Bun Festival.
![Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace, with Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b054660b-6271-46bc-9780-2f212e7ed146_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace, with Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in London.