A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 25, 2023
![U.S. President Joe Biden, right, welcomes Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during an official arrival ceremony at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-29e7-08dbd582476d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. President Joe Biden, right, welcomes Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during an official arrival ceremony at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
![A rainbow shines over St.Peter's Basilica prior to the start of Pope Francis weekly general audience at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-db32-08dbd582855f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A rainbow shines over St.Peter's Basilica prior to the start of Pope Francis weekly general audience at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
![This video grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry press service shows the firing of a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Russian north during a training exercise of the forces and equipment of ground, sea and air components of nuclear deterrent forces. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-35a0-08dbd5824793_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This video grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry press service shows the firing of a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Russian north during a training exercise of the forces and equipment of ground, sea and air components of nuclear deterrent forces. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)
![Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-1dbf-08dbd5826873_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa