A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 25 ພະຈິກ 2014
![Pope Francis delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d8c7ebbe-46f1-472c-84b3-29c939cdc615_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.
![A monk chants a Buddhist mantra in front of a public lottery counter in Tokyo, Japan. Lottery stand owners hire monks to conduct ritual purification on their stands for a big win.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5110998e-05a4-438d-a4f0-ea55d77082d1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A monk chants a Buddhist mantra in front of a public lottery counter in Tokyo, Japan. Lottery stand owners hire monks to conduct ritual purification on their stands for a big win.
![A police officer guards a closed street along West Florissant Ave, where protesters and looters rampaged businesses following the grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman who shot dead the unarmed black teen Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4f482346-364c-4e59-88b0-c482549d2ab3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer guards a closed street along West Florissant Ave, where protesters and looters rampaged businesses following the grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman who shot dead the unarmed black teen Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri.
![The family of Medhat Tanius, who was on Egyptair flight coming from his vacation in France during a mass in Potrosia Church in Abassya Cairo, Egypt, May 22, 2016. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/8a07ebaf-b1f6-4931-a4ef-fbd0be7a9d18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The family of Medhat Tanius, who was on Egyptair flight coming from his vacation in France during a mass in Potrosia Church in Abassya Cairo, Egypt, May 22, 2016. (Hamada Elrasam/VOA)