A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 17, 2020
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Nepalese army personnel pay tributes to the body of a person who died of COVID-19 before cremating in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 with a banner that reads in Portuguese "Defending the Amazon. Without listening to Indigenous people, there will be no concession and nor grain railway," near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil.
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A student burns an A-level result during a protest at Parliament Square in London, Britain, Aug. 16, 2020.
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Dark clouds loom over the Hanoi skyline during a heavy downpour, Vietnam.