A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 12, 2021
![Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/07ac6193-fd94-4ca1-9e87-313cbe44887b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war.
![A woman sits on the broken steps of a partially-collapsed building in Gaza City destroyed by bombardment during the May 2021 conflict between Hamas and Israel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03146160-b53b-48d3-b295-d4a1d89506cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sits on the broken steps of a partially-collapsed building in Gaza City destroyed by bombardment during the May 2021 conflict between Hamas and Israel.
![This photo provided by the Japan Coast Guard shows a vessel that has broken apart and leaked oil off Hachinohe, northeastern Japan. The Panamanian-registered cargo ship, Crimson Polaris, ran aground and later broke in two parts and was spilling oil into the sea, Japanese Coast Guard said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a95528d7-8d5b-40f9-bd3e-836007e2fd0c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This photo provided by the Japan Coast Guard shows a vessel that has broken apart and leaked oil off Hachinohe, northeastern Japan. The Panamanian-registered cargo ship, Crimson Polaris, ran aground and later broke in two parts and was spilling oil into the sea, Japanese Coast Guard said.
![This aerial picture shows people queueing to receive the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Jakarta, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4b6f009b-ac3a-4ccf-832e-7d0c1430fad5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This aerial picture shows people queueing to receive the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Jakarta, Indonesia.