A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 2, 2016
![A mahout rides an elephant at Tad Sae Waterfall outside Luang Prabang, Laos.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2256c328-fcd5-4c45-92e0-aa3c63e7bb06_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mahout rides an elephant at Tad Sae Waterfall outside Luang Prabang, Laos.
![President Barack Obama stands at Turtle Beach to speak to the media as he tours Midway Atoll in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6fd0a513-2f1d-4c72-b5ba-4596d9bf8e9e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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President Barack Obama stands at Turtle Beach to speak to the media as he tours Midway Atoll in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
![Refugee schoolchildren walk with their mothers on the first day of the new school year at one of the UNRWA schools at a Palestinian refugee camp al Wehdat, in Amman, Jordan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c2390b68-bf03-4213-b2d8-9d3876866bf2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Refugee schoolchildren walk with their mothers on the first day of the new school year at one of the UNRWA schools at a Palestinian refugee camp al Wehdat, in Amman, Jordan.
![Protesters clash with riot police during a rally to demand a referendum to remove Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.](https://gdb.voanews.com/76c0e1d1-d123-41bb-9fc3-6f6014ecd0e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters clash with riot police during a rally to demand a referendum to remove Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.