A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 18, 2017
![A woman poses for a photographer in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3dd5bd1-5b90-4d05-910c-4da7f9442124_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman poses for a photographer in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip.
![Baby catfish are seen in a tank at a farm in Pyongyang, North Korea.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a1369670-1abb-457e-a9c0-73a6fbcf0c03_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Baby catfish are seen in a tank at a farm in Pyongyang, North Korea.
![Workers stand on scaffolding around a giant Buddha statue at Tapong Nok temple in Rayong province, eastern Thailand, April 17, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4f895e11-1ea0-457e-be59-7f837b8339f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers stand on scaffolding around a giant Buddha statue at Tapong Nok temple in Rayong province, eastern Thailand, April 17, 2017.
![A competitor jumps over a cow during a Course landaise (cow race) in the Landes region in Aignan, France, April 17, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4009c195-20c5-46ee-b458-1390f583850a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A competitor jumps over a cow during a Course landaise (cow race) in the Landes region in Aignan, France, April 17, 2017.