A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 17, 2019

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the media on the opening day of the parliament session in New Delhi.

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A brig with scarlet sails travels through the Dvortsovy (Palace) drawbridge rising above the Neva River during a rehearsal for the the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation which will take place on June 24 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Mud is thrown at runners as they take part in the Mud Day, a 13km race with obstacles in Beynes, near Paris, France, June 16, 2019.

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This aerial image shows a visitor (C) viewing lotus plants from a walkway at the Sanwan scenic area next to the ancient canal in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province.