A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 21 ສິງຫາ 2017
![Shadows from a near total solar eclipse are projected on a sidewalk as a pedestrian passes in midtown Atlanta, Georgia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d4662923-0a74-4a9f-b2c0-a6c56bfea253_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shadows from a near total solar eclipse are projected on a sidewalk as a pedestrian passes in midtown Atlanta, Georgia.
![A woman coxes her boat during a training session on the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9895f739-dbe7-45ac-a514-ca3c86f1b58e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman coxes her boat during a training session on the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany.
![Iraqi Army fires against Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Aug. 20, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/39c1d51a-24c1-46c4-ad9c-20ffe2a90446_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraqi Army fires against Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Aug. 20, 2017.
![Confederate statutes removed from the University of Texas are secured to a trailer, in Austin, Texas. University of Texas President Greg Fenves ordered the immediate removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus Sunday night, saying such monuments have become "symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism."](https://gdb.voanews.com/6deda79d-9151-4dee-bd9e-16725ca85c51_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Confederate statutes removed from the University of Texas are secured to a trailer, in Austin, Texas. University of Texas President Greg Fenves ordered the immediate removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus Sunday night, saying such monuments have become "symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism."