A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 19, 2016

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An Afghan man carries a girl who was injured in a suicide bomb blast in Kabul. A huge explosion rocked Kabul as Taliban militants attacked the Afghan Ministry of Defense, killing at least 30 people.

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Chinese artist Kong Ning wears a gown to promote her poetry works at a book fair in Beijing.

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Fidel Castro sits as he clasps hands with his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, right, and Second Secretary of the Central Committee, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, moments before the playing of the Communist party hymn during the closing ceremonies of the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, in Havana.

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بدھ کو ہونے والی پولنگ کے دوران قومی اسمبلی کے 272 میں سے 270 جب کہ صوبائی اسمبلیوں کے 577 میں سے 570 حلقوں میں رائے دہندگان نے اپنا حقِ رائے دہی استعمال کیا۔