A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 11, 2016
![Ethnic Yao minority women brush their long hair as part of a performance during the local Long Hair Festival, to celebrate the third day of the third lunar month which is regarded as a traditional festival for many ethnic minorities in Huangluo village of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bdb21382-a8fd-4f7f-8554-5eb88405c6b8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ethnic Yao minority women brush their long hair as part of a performance during the local Long Hair Festival, to celebrate the third day of the third lunar month which is regarded as a traditional festival for many ethnic minorities in Huangluo village of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
![Kazakh herdsmen watch a hawk hunt a rabbit during a local festival in Yining county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4bd9b4d-6274-4167-be12-d064633b5d3e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kazakh herdsmen watch a hawk hunt a rabbit during a local festival in Yining county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.
![A schoolgirl is soaked with water thrown by an elephant during the Songkran Festival celebration, also known as the water festival in the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/28948ab4-90ef-446d-80e8-bc4f302015b4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A schoolgirl is soaked with water thrown by an elephant during the Songkran Festival celebration, also known as the water festival in the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand.
![A man sleeps on a girder between the two pillars of a bridge on the Sabarmati river during a hot day in Ahmedabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/46a6141b-0c5e-4bf5-973c-7fd4f7bc53c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man sleeps on a girder between the two pillars of a bridge on the Sabarmati river during a hot day in Ahmedabad, India.