A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 3, 2017
![Princess Mako, the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her fiancee Kei Komuro, smile during a press conference to announce their engagement at Akasaka East Residence in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/842f126a-7c9b-4d05-ad84-fee0493c7c36_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Princess Mako, the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her fiancee Kei Komuro, smile during a press conference to announce their engagement at Akasaka East Residence in Tokyo, Japan.
![A rabbit jumps at the warm-up course during a regional Kaninhop (rabbit-jumping) competition in Weissenbrunn vorm Wald, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/75754d26-fd02-4658-bb48-deac498dc283_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A rabbit jumps at the warm-up course during a regional Kaninhop (rabbit-jumping) competition in Weissenbrunn vorm Wald, Germany.
![German Oliver Struempfel competes to set a new world record in carrying one liter beer mugs over a distance of 40 m (131 ft 3 in) in Abensberg, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/40d78f61-3a45-4cb9-8d72-078b37e31603_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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German Oliver Struempfel competes to set a new world record in carrying one liter beer mugs over a distance of 40 m (131 ft 3 in) in Abensberg, Germany.
![Janus, the Geneva Museum of Natural History's two-headed Greek tortoise, is photographed on the day of its 20th birthday in Geneva, Switzerland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ba6c71ef-4ddf-4dfe-a8ba-b9535e4fc3b1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Janus, the Geneva Museum of Natural History's two-headed Greek tortoise, is photographed on the day of its 20th birthday in Geneva, Switzerland.