A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 23, 2018
![A 17th lava fissure bursts during a volcano outbreak in Pahoa, Hawaii.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f384c2eb-121e-4434-8857-ba9f876b6e8d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A 17th lava fissure bursts during a volcano outbreak in Pahoa, Hawaii.
![Indonesian Muslims read the Koran at a Mosque in Bandung, West Java, during the month of Ramadan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5a7f9feb-fa85-4af8-acff-6ecef15ce752_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indonesian Muslims read the Koran at a Mosque in Bandung, West Java, during the month of Ramadan.
![Geishas, traditional Japanese female entertainers, perform their dance during a press preview of the annual Azuma Odori Dance Festival at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theater in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d1cadfc0-f92d-4a39-8fbc-236b27fe6066_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Geishas, traditional Japanese female entertainers, perform their dance during a press preview of the annual Azuma Odori Dance Festival at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theater in Tokyo, Japan.
![A boy looks at a six-meter-tall luminescent puppet, operated by ten performers, during a preview of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas.](https://gdb.voanews.com/361d1c75-53f9-4dcb-8ed6-f9c53d91eac1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy looks at a six-meter-tall luminescent puppet, operated by ten performers, during a preview of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas.