A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 5, 2021
![Kieran Woolley of Australia crashes into a cameraman in the men's park skateboarding preliminary round at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d139cb44-9e4d-4c00-8d59-116886011f49_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kieran Woolley of Australia crashes into a cameraman in the men's park skateboarding preliminary round at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
![Ryan Crouser of the United States holds a message for his grandfather after winning the gold medal in the men's shot put final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.](https://gdb.voanews.com/692e8145-a69f-4d08-b993-e208ee178a44_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ryan Crouser of the United States holds a message for his grandfather after winning the gold medal in the men's shot put final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
![People wade through a flooded street to collect food and drinking water from a distribution center in Amta town of Howrah district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e0bed71c-c2e3-4b4d-9452-3c8ebbdcd398_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People wade through a flooded street to collect food and drinking water from a distribution center in Amta town of Howrah district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India.
![A utility pole burns as the Dixie Fire tears through the Greenville community of Plumas County, California, Aug. 4, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5ba2a37a-0aec-45b6-a681-e065d6d90854_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A utility pole burns as the Dixie Fire tears through the Greenville community of Plumas County, California, Aug. 4, 2021.