A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 14, 2015
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Germany's Marcel Kittel celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 203.5 kilometers (126.5 miles) with start in Dusseldorf, Germany, and finish in Liege, Belgium.
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French President Emmanuel Macron walks through the Galerie des Bustes (Busts Gallery) to access the Versailles Palace's hemicycle where both houses of parliament (National Assembly and Senate) are gathered in the palace of Versailles, outside Paris. Macron laid out his political, security and diplomatic priorities at an extraordinary joint session of parliament at the chateau of Versailles.
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A girl, with her face painted in the tri-color Indian flag, smiles as she waits to perform during celebrations in a school on the eve of Independence Day in Jammu. India commemorates its independence in 1947 from British colonial rule on Saturday.
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A fair-goer places a vote for U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. Candidates are addressing attendees at the Iowa State Fair on the Des Moines Register Presidential Soapbox stage.