A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 8, 2024
![The Belem, a three-masted sailing ship that is carrying the Olympic flame, is accompanied by other boats approaching Marseille, southern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-6b46-08dc6f854d8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Belem, a three-masted sailing ship that is carrying the Olympic flame, is accompanied by other boats approaching Marseille, southern France.
![A pest control officer fumigates a street with insecticides in Jakarta, Indonesia, amid efforts to stop the spread of dengue fever mosquitoes.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-d92e-08dc6f8544df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pest control officer fumigates a street with insecticides in Jakarta, Indonesia, amid efforts to stop the spread of dengue fever mosquitoes.
![Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department pepper spray demonstrators at George Washington University, in Washington. Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school’s president.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-004d-08dc6f8544ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department pepper spray demonstrators at George Washington University, in Washington. Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school’s president.
![Cars sit on a road in an area flooded by heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-e562-08dc6f8544e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cars sit on a road in an area flooded by heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.