A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 5, 2018
![Protesters storm the governor's building during protests demanding better public services and jobs, in Basra, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/890a5165-446a-4112-bec6-1baedaf757c7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters storm the governor's building during protests demanding better public services and jobs, in Basra, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2018.
![An aerial view from a Jiji Press helicopter shows a ship that collided with a breakwater due to strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/81729b16-3b11-4795-ac6a-b51a12033fa8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial view from a Jiji Press helicopter shows a ship that collided with a breakwater due to strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture, Japan.
![Pope Francis sings with a group of Mexican pilgrims at the end of his weekly general audience, St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86cc8efa-dc40-46b1-9049-66b6d799ba4e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis sings with a group of Mexican pilgrims at the end of his weekly general audience, St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.
![Israeli artist Sigalit Landau looks up at her artwork, a ballerina's tutu covered in salt crystal formations, as it is removed from the hyper-saline waters of the southern Dead Sea, Israel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ebfcc5fc-a021-406d-bacb-7c7ebce40f72_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli artist Sigalit Landau looks up at her artwork, a ballerina's tutu covered in salt crystal formations, as it is removed from the hyper-saline waters of the southern Dead Sea, Israel.