A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 20 ມີນາ 2016
![A bee searches for pollen among cherry blossoms on a sunny spring day in Lausanne, Switzerland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4358cde-3033-4fb1-a81e-0c71ac18aed0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bee searches for pollen among cherry blossoms on a sunny spring day in Lausanne, Switzerland.
![A Papuan activist donning a traditional headwear with a stuffed bird of paradise attends a protest against U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in Jakarta, Indonesia. Activists demands the New Orleans-based mining company close its mine in Papua province saying that it siphons off the region's wealth and gives it little in return.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3b2175d8-8170-41a4-99d3-ed15ba4b95cb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Papuan activist donning a traditional headwear with a stuffed bird of paradise attends a protest against U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in Jakarta, Indonesia. Activists demands the New Orleans-based mining company close its mine in Papua province saying that it siphons off the region's wealth and gives it little in return.
![Smoke billows following a reported airstrike in the rebel-held parts of the Jobar district, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d546e331-4a7b-429f-b65e-674f28deecf3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke billows following a reported airstrike in the rebel-held parts of the Jobar district, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus.
![People try to cross the Rimac River after it breached its bank due to torrential rains, causing flooding and widespread destruction in Huachipa, Lima, Peru, March 19, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3e58b9c0-c56b-4566-9f7a-b30d86b36b25_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People try to cross the Rimac River after it breached its bank due to torrential rains, causing flooding and widespread destruction in Huachipa, Lima, Peru, March 19, 2017.