A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 6, 2022
![A local person looks out through a gap in the barrier at a neighborhood during lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Shanghai, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/031a0000-0aff-0242-0188-08da2f884aa1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A local person looks out through a gap in the barrier at a neighborhood during lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Shanghai, China.
![A woman covers her ears from the sound of mortar fire as people line up to collect pensions from a vehicle that reached the frontline despite the ongoing conflict in Mayaky, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03190000-0aff-0242-2d66-08da2f884aaf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman covers her ears from the sound of mortar fire as people line up to collect pensions from a vehicle that reached the frontline despite the ongoing conflict in Mayaky, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
![Hungarian hussars ride along competitors during the first stage of the Giro d'Italia 2022 cycling race.](https://gdb.voanews.com/031a0000-0aff-0242-e231-08da2f884aaf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hungarian hussars ride along competitors during the first stage of the Giro d'Italia 2022 cycling race.
![Vatican Swiss Guard members arrive at the Pope Paul VI hall on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03190000-0aff-0242-0610-08da2f885952_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vatican Swiss Guard members arrive at the Pope Paul VI hall on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican.