A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 25, 2016
![A bird hovers over her nest in the reeds on the lake near the village of Vyazyn, 65 km ( 40 miles ) north of the capital Minsk, Belarus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e8b63ba5-b3b4-4c8a-8374-6425db803136_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bird hovers over her nest in the reeds on the lake near the village of Vyazyn, 65 km ( 40 miles ) north of the capital Minsk, Belarus.
![A local woman reacts as she looks at her destroyed home after shelling in the pro-Russian rebel-controlled Staromykhaylivka village near Donetsk, Ukraine, 24 May 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/aa6e4db1-ea17-48ef-bcb6-dce75c27155c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A local woman reacts as she looks at her destroyed home after shelling in the pro-Russian rebel-controlled Staromykhaylivka village near Donetsk, Ukraine, 24 May 2016.
![A giant display features a seated Buddha during the annual Vesak Buddhist Festival celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b46b9fa5-f771-4492-88e1-3645497d0f5c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A giant display features a seated Buddha during the annual Vesak Buddhist Festival celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
![South African school children from Chris Hani High dance during Africa Day celebrations at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.](https://gdb.voanews.com/96973cbe-8897-4473-b18e-bd01961e59d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South African school children from Chris Hani High dance during Africa Day celebrations at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.