A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 5 ທັນວາ 2016
![People gather at Bhumibol Bridge over Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand, to mark late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5b80abe1-9417-4280-98eb-491edfaac8d1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather at Bhumibol Bridge over Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand, to mark late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday.
![A woman visits Khour salt lake in the Mesr desert, about 305 miles (500 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1457abc8-990c-4c8e-9124-245295f54169_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman visits Khour salt lake in the Mesr desert, about 305 miles (500 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran.
![Anti-referendum posters showing Premier Matteo Renzi are seen in Rome, Italy, a day after the referendum vote. Voters rejected his proposed constitutional reforms, plunging Europe's fourth-largest economy into political and economic uncertainty.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e5c0df70-14ad-4b2e-8967-0c132f145161_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anti-referendum posters showing Premier Matteo Renzi are seen in Rome, Italy, a day after the referendum vote. Voters rejected his proposed constitutional reforms, plunging Europe's fourth-largest economy into political and economic uncertainty.
![An opposition fighter from the Sham brigade walks holding a rocket-propelled grenade in a trench on the front line during the ongoing clashes with Syrian government forces in the village of Teir Maalah in Homs province of Homs.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2f187743-16c0-4848-a194-80dd466b783b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An opposition fighter from the Sham brigade walks holding a rocket-propelled grenade in a trench on the front line during the ongoing clashes with Syrian government forces in the village of Teir Maalah in Homs province of Homs.