A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 2, 2023
![The giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen amid air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/06a20000-0aff-0242-abea-08db054a6bb9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen amid air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand.
![Performers with the United Ukrainian Ballet dance during their opening performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09320000-0a00-0242-c5d0-08db054a5b39_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Performers with the United Ukrainian Ballet dance during their opening performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2023.
![Worshippers take part in the traditional ceremony of Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea of the syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda at the Rio Vermelho neighborhood, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/06a20000-0aff-0242-1f65-08db054a5b43_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Worshippers take part in the traditional ceremony of Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea of the syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda at the Rio Vermelho neighborhood, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
![Amateur astronomers watch a green comet named Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) outside Omsk, Russia, Feb. 1, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09320000-0a00-0242-65ab-08db054a6a89_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Amateur astronomers watch a green comet named Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) outside Omsk, Russia, Feb. 1, 2023.