A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 9 ມີນາ 2022
![A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces hugs a resident who is leaving his hometown after Russian artillery shelling in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv.](https://gdb.voanews.com/093e0000-0a00-0242-1084-08da01fe6e18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces hugs a resident who is leaving his hometown after Russian artillery shelling in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv.
![Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital severely damaged by Russian shelling in Mariupol.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6ee07973-7bb6-4eae-9f6d-89b778f45d22_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital severely damaged by Russian shelling in Mariupol.
![Ina Karpanko, who lives in Poland, right, reunites with her son Vanya and his grandmother, who are fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine, at the Medyka border crossing, Poland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/093a0000-0a00-0242-2211-08da01fe71a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ina Karpanko, who lives in Poland, right, reunites with her son Vanya and his grandmother, who are fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine, at the Medyka border crossing, Poland.
![Olga hugs her boyfriend Vlodomyr as they say goodbye prior to Vlodomyr’s deployment closer to the front line, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/093a0000-0a00-0242-37cb-08da01fe7e2c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Olga hugs her boyfriend Vlodomyr as they say goodbye prior to Vlodomyr’s deployment closer to the front line, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine.