A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 18, 2024
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A member of the emergency services carries a child, part of a group of 175 migrant people who arrived on board a boat, at Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain.
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In this photo taken from AP video, provided by by the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano is seen on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
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A Palestinian man carries a cat as he flees with others a makeshift camp for displaced people in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip after Israeli tanks took position on a hill overlooking the area.
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A Palestinian girl is examined by a doctor amid fears over the spread of polio after the first case was reported by the Ministry of Health, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.