A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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![Firefighters spray fire-retardant on trees to avoid flareups of small fires due to wind, during a wildfire in La Garde-Freinel in the department of Var, southern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6d1b1521-2249-4f2c-ad03-c3c6334ba8eb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters spray fire-retardant on trees to avoid flareups of small fires due to wind, during a wildfire in La Garde-Freinel in the department of Var, southern France.
![Members of Syria's top jihadist group the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance, led by al-Qaida's former Syria affiliate, parade with their flags and those of the Taliban's declared "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" through the rebel-held northwestern city of Idl](https://gdb.voanews.com/dcd0f0a9-ec6f-4ffb-85e7-2531ca484e70_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of Syria's top jihadist group the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance, led by al-Qaida's former Syria affiliate, parade with their flags and those of the Taliban's declared "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" through the rebel-held northwestern city of Idl
![A man places a flame representing one of Japan's prefectures during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic flame lighting ceremony at the state guest house in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/08da709a-2898-4c8b-aae5-f6564c01a4bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man places a flame representing one of Japan's prefectures during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic flame lighting ceremony at the state guest house in Tokyo, Japan.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents flowers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ed7cd780-a635-4af1-befe-e5b97dad173c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents flowers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.