A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 17, 2020
![An elderly displaced Syrian woman carries a child in the Washukanni Camp for the internally displaced people near the predominantly Kurdish city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/413d770c-05b3-4d08-9772-32446835c8fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly displaced Syrian woman carries a child in the Washukanni Camp for the internally displaced people near the predominantly Kurdish city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria.
![Kashmiri Muslims react upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, during a festival to mark the death anniversary of Abu Bakr, one of the companions of Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/81547c1a-bfb5-4da0-b5fa-adc91bb631f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kashmiri Muslims react upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, during a festival to mark the death anniversary of Abu Bakr, one of the companions of Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, India.
![Protesters hold placards reading "Maragaret Macron, this time we will win" under a photomontage of late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Emmanuel Macron as they demonstrate in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of a multi-sector strike against the French government's pensions overhaul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dc38fa35-a703-4d52-9195-9af9ff94f096_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters hold placards reading "Maragaret Macron, this time we will win" under a photomontage of late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Emmanuel Macron as they demonstrate in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of a multi-sector strike against the French government's pensions overhaul.
![A boy plays on a drum decorated with Kosovo's flag to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the country's independence, in the capital Pristina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/743b8a81-64c5-44d3-9654-74c242020ea5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy plays on a drum decorated with Kosovo's flag to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the country's independence, in the capital Pristina.