A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 31, 2022
![People stand next to barriers taken down earlier in the afternoon in the Jing' an district of Shanghai, China, as the city prepares to lift more curbs after two months of heavy-handed restrictions.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03190000-0aff-0242-1d5f-08da4326c315_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand next to barriers taken down earlier in the afternoon in the Jing' an district of Shanghai, China, as the city prepares to lift more curbs after two months of heavy-handed restrictions.
![A ladybird larvae on on an aloe vera plant in a backyard in Fairfax, Virginia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03190000-0aff-0242-148c-08da4326c2f9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A ladybird larvae on on an aloe vera plant in a backyard in Fairfax, Virginia.
![Firefighters put out a fire as smoke rises at a chemical plant in Omaha, Nebraska, May 30, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03180000-0aff-0242-4ea2-08da4326d1cb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters put out a fire as smoke rises at a chemical plant in Omaha, Nebraska, May 30, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media.
![People watch Spain's Carlos Alcaraz playing Germany's Alexander Zverev, front, during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.](https://gdb.voanews.com/031a0000-0aff-0242-6b23-08da4326d1c0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People watch Spain's Carlos Alcaraz playing Germany's Alexander Zverev, front, during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.