A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 7, 2019
![Syrian Kurds protest Turkish threats in Ras al-Ain town during a demonstration in Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, Oct. 6, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/27938b4d-ad26-4b25-ac6d-0e0047d5599e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian Kurds protest Turkish threats in Ras al-Ain town during a demonstration in Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, Oct. 6, 2019.
![Members of Kenya's Sengwer community in Elgeyo Marakwet gather to march to the office of the President Uhuru Kenyatta to present a petition to stop eviction from the forest they have called their home for centuries.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fe45f2d2-ca82-43c8-9134-f6c64f8238be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of Kenya's Sengwer community in Elgeyo Marakwet gather to march to the office of the President Uhuru Kenyatta to present a petition to stop eviction from the forest they have called their home for centuries.
![A view of empty roads leading to Brandenburg Gate as climate activists from the group Extinction Rebellion block roads around the Victory Column near the gate in a first wave of "civil disobedience" in Berlin, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/30af8f52-4dee-4a37-a382-e84164ad0181_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A view of empty roads leading to Brandenburg Gate as climate activists from the group Extinction Rebellion block roads around the Victory Column near the gate in a first wave of "civil disobedience" in Berlin, Germany.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during his holiday in the Siberian taiga, Oct. 7, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f39690f4-db25-425e-8e5a-481e9ec3c1d7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during his holiday in the Siberian taiga, Oct. 7, 2019.