A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 8, 2022
![Protesters walk through a road in Yangon, Myanmar, with umbrellas bearing the number 8 in Burmese during a rally to mark the anniversary of the August 8, 1988 democracy uprising.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09680000-0a00-0242-1d11-08da79637ea4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters walk through a road in Yangon, Myanmar, with umbrellas bearing the number 8 in Burmese during a rally to mark the anniversary of the August 8, 1988 democracy uprising.
![Flames rise from a massive fire at a fuel depot sparked by a lightning strike in Matanzas, Cuba.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09680000-0a00-0242-bcfd-08da79637e97_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Flames rise from a massive fire at a fuel depot sparked by a lightning strike in Matanzas, Cuba.
![A Shi'ite Muslim mourner self-flagellates during a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in Islamabad, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09680000-0a00-0242-85e0-08da796385a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Shi'ite Muslim mourner self-flagellates during a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in Islamabad, Pakistan.
![Iranian Shi'ite Muslim women take part in a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar in Tehran, Aug. 7, 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09680000-0a00-0242-28c4-08da79638ea7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian Shi'ite Muslim women take part in a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar in Tehran, Aug. 7, 2022.