A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 12, 2021
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Children holding toy weapons and wooden sticks, take part in a training demonstration of the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC-PF) vigilante force, in the village of Ayahualtempa, Guerrero State, Mexico. The vigilante group trains children as young as five so they can protect themselves from drug-related criminal groups operating in the area, according to their leaders.
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Drones forming a figure of the first artificial Earth satellite "Sputnik 1" light up the evening sky on the eve of Cosmonautics Day in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, April 11, 2021. (Press service of the Government of the Novgorod region/Handout)
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Kathleen Baker competes in the women's 200-meter IM final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet, April 11, 2021, in Mission Viejo, California. Baker came in third.
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A Palestinian youth swings a homemade fireworks sparkler as people celebrate ahead of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on April 11, 2021.