A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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![Oil and plastic bottles litter a river polluted by a nearby oil field in the countryside of Rmeilan, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-5f4c-08db9ceb55b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Oil and plastic bottles litter a river polluted by a nearby oil field in the countryside of Rmeilan, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province.
![Children play as they fill plastic containers with water in the northeastern city of Hasaka, Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-eb98-08db9cecbf62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children play as they fill plastic containers with water in the northeastern city of Hasaka, Syria.
![Shooting stars streak across the Milky Way during the "Nuits des étoiles" (Starry Night), a major annual celebration for astronomy enthusiasts, in Fontainebleau, southern Paris, France, Aug. 13, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-5d8f-08db9ceb5d34_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shooting stars streak across the Milky Way during the "Nuits des étoiles" (Starry Night), a major annual celebration for astronomy enthusiasts, in Fontainebleau, southern Paris, France, Aug. 13, 2023.
![Geese fly by a wind pump in Kinderdijk, Netherlands.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-bf8e-08db9ceb55b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Geese fly by a wind pump in Kinderdijk, Netherlands.