A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 4 ກັນຍາ 2017
![Smoke billows in the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqa, Sept. 3, 2017, as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S. backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, battle to retake the city from the Islamic State (IS) group.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ccaf7dff-3c2b-429a-9c14-b7ab94576285_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke billows in the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqa, Sept. 3, 2017, as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S. backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, battle to retake the city from the Islamic State (IS) group.
![A man prays during an evangelical service at Manantial Church in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 3, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d979fcba-02b8-418b-b2d6-a86ef6f339c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man prays during an evangelical service at Manantial Church in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 3, 2017.
![A participant takes part in the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dda346d1-564c-45b9-b8ec-76a04bf1a6f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A participant takes part in the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York.
![(L-R) Third, second and first place winners of the full beard freestyle: Aarne Bielefeldt, Isaiah Webb, and Jason Kiley at the 2017 Remington Beard Boss World Beard & Moustache Championships held at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, Texas, Sept. 3, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80972627-0c87-42af-ab28-f1b4eb054c0e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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(L-R) Third, second and first place winners of the full beard freestyle: Aarne Bielefeldt, Isaiah Webb, and Jason Kiley at the 2017 Remington Beard Boss World Beard & Moustache Championships held at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, Texas, Sept. 3, 2017.