A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 19 ມັງກອນ 2016
![Chile's President Michelle Bachelet talks to a Geminoid HI-2 robot, which is made in likeness of its creator, Japanese professor Hiroshi Ishiguro (not pictured), during the opening ceremony of the Congress of the Future event in Santiago.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f4b1b479-617b-4852-928c-61b87c40e6be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chile's President Michelle Bachelet talks to a Geminoid HI-2 robot, which is made in likeness of its creator, Japanese professor Hiroshi Ishiguro (not pictured), during the opening ceremony of the Congress of the Future event in Santiago.
![On Jan. 16, 2016, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly shared photographs of a blooming zinnia in the Veggie plant growth system aboard the International Space Station. Kelly wrote, "Yes, there are other life forms in space! #SpaceFlower #YearInSpaceFlower.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0463f910-7ae3-4743-acd1-10654b8c7dc7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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On Jan. 16, 2016, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly shared photographs of a blooming zinnia in the Veggie plant growth system aboard the International Space Station. Kelly wrote, "Yes, there are other life forms in space! #SpaceFlower #YearInSpaceFlower.
![A women and her children stand in the ruins of a damaged house in the Kurdish town of Silopi, in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq. Turkey is waging an all-out offensive against the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), with military operations backed by curfews aimed at flushing out rebels from several southeastern urban centers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6f9fe7de-4ca9-4130-906b-e252f06ce3e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A women and her children stand in the ruins of a damaged house in the Kurdish town of Silopi, in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Iraq. Turkey is waging an all-out offensive against the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), with military operations backed by curfews aimed at flushing out rebels from several southeastern urban centers.
![People walk through the snowstorm to immerse themselves in icy waters during celebrations for the Orthodox Epiphany on the ice-covered lake near the village of Dubrovichi outside Ryazan, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/74bef034-5e8c-4a8b-ad6f-3c4022cd224f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk through the snowstorm to immerse themselves in icy waters during celebrations for the Orthodox Epiphany on the ice-covered lake near the village of Dubrovichi outside Ryazan, Russia.