A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 17 ມີນາ 2021
![The stupa of the Buddhist temple Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) is illuminated in green to mark St. Patrick's Day in Bangkok.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bf60328c-179b-45a4-86dd-b60a54ae6902_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The stupa of the Buddhist temple Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) is illuminated in green to mark St. Patrick's Day in Bangkok.
![U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, talks with South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook as they inspect honor guards during a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Seoul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f7568497-6c08-49e8-9865-0a60542b4cc5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, talks with South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook as they inspect honor guards during a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Seoul.
![A pupil sits at a desk on Piazza Castello during a protest against the closure of schools from the seventh grade up, following new government restrictions over the COVID-19 pandemic, in Turin, Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1a5143c8-ca69-4f85-abf7-7160db399590_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pupil sits at a desk on Piazza Castello during a protest against the closure of schools from the seventh grade up, following new government restrictions over the COVID-19 pandemic, in Turin, Italy.
![Fisherfolks clear up discarded fishing nets for recycling at a village in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80696904-f25e-47a5-aa7a-10a31d5a9ed0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fisherfolks clear up discarded fishing nets for recycling at a village in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province.