A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 18, 2020
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Theater staff show their resignation letters to Yuri Bondar, Belarusian Minister of Culture, in the Janka Kupala National Theater in Minsk after the theater's director, Pavel Latushko, was fired.
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Mapuche indigenous people clash with the police during a protest against the Chilean government to demand the release of an imprisoned spiritual authority, or "machi," in Comuna Imperial, Aug. 17, 2020.
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Greg Berndt takes a selfie with the thermometer reading 132° F (55.5° C) at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center in Death Valley, California, Aug. 17, 2020.
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The Social Security hospital, which attends COVID-19 patients, stands tall amid homes on the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 17, 2020.