A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 5 ທັນວາ 2021
![People take a selfie in front of the Soyuz rocket that is set as a monument in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/413e4a01-1c72-43be-999a-1e2a9c6cd41a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take a selfie in front of the Soyuz rocket that is set as a monument in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
![A man inspects a truck buried in the ash following the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e9acd684-4815-4cde-8d08-7a6ae69a4fd8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man inspects a truck buried in the ash following the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia.
![A police officer sprays pepper spray during a protest against coronavirus measures in Brussels, Belgium.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7481b236-a0f9-4fb9-8957-3937eec02f54_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer sprays pepper spray during a protest against coronavirus measures in Brussels, Belgium.
![A giant puppet of a Snoek, a type of common local Mackeral, is displayed as hundreds of people take part in a protest against the plan by Dutch oil company, Shell, to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa's East coast, at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1000ef28-c1c2-404a-b529-9d7ef4a2c188_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A giant puppet of a Snoek, a type of common local Mackeral, is displayed as hundreds of people take part in a protest against the plan by Dutch oil company, Shell, to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa's East coast, at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town.