A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 17 ມິຖຸນາ 2020
![Afghan Special Forces attend their graduation ceremony in Kabul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ecd5e537-f7bb-4977-842f-65e508fd83f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan Special Forces attend their graduation ceremony in Kabul.
![An employee of the Mugda Medical College and Hospital collects a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/acb52bc9-8b36-4a09-9399-9b138191f3b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An employee of the Mugda Medical College and Hospital collects a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
![A woman carries stones in Pissy informal granite quarry in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.](https://gdb.voanews.com/81744256-fe71-4d0d-beff-6339d03d529c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman carries stones in Pissy informal granite quarry in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
![A keeper feeds giraffes at Ragunan Zoo prior to its reopening this weekend in Jakarta, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6dda83b9-a76b-480e-9562-39104fb2bde8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A keeper feeds giraffes at Ragunan Zoo prior to its reopening this weekend in Jakarta, Indonesia.