A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 7 ມິຖຸນາ 2017
![Syrians fled the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, in an area near the village of Balaban, south of Jarablus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/842a6675-ee25-4a3e-ac3b-f0439b608c59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrians fled the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, in an area near the village of Balaban, south of Jarablus.
![A car is washed over by a huge wave during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10daa720-dc22-42b6-9d2a-f3ee518c9c2d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A car is washed over by a huge wave during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa.
![South Sudanese refugee children play on swings in the yard of the Ombechi nursery school in Bidi Bidi, Uganda.](https://gdb.voanews.com/aac853b0-5486-47ec-acce-f07e082e9c2f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South Sudanese refugee children play on swings in the yard of the Ombechi nursery school in Bidi Bidi, Uganda.
![Raphael and Mirjam (R) pose as the first "guests" in the bedroom of the Null-Stern-Hotel (Zero-star-hotel) land art installation by Swiss artists Frank and Patrik Riklin, on Mount Saentis near Gonten, Switzerland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e6ddf0df-e0e3-417f-86e4-5f55525d186b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Raphael and Mirjam (R) pose as the first "guests" in the bedroom of the Null-Stern-Hotel (Zero-star-hotel) land art installation by Swiss artists Frank and Patrik Riklin, on Mount Saentis near Gonten, Switzerland.