A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 25, 2020
![Empty tables sit in St. Mark's square in Venice, Italy. Italy has been scrambling to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections and calling off the popular Venice Carnival and closing tourist attractions.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f105e68e-f9e8-4ea7-a501-30a17724b601_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Empty tables sit in St. Mark's square in Venice, Italy. Italy has been scrambling to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections and calling off the popular Venice Carnival and closing tourist attractions.
![Gilles of Binche parade during the Binche carnival, a UNESCO World Heritage event in Binche, Belgium.](https://gdb.voanews.com/02c11cf1-e96d-4577-814d-fc80215b7d34_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Gilles of Binche parade during the Binche carnival, a UNESCO World Heritage event in Binche, Belgium.
![Thai students protest against a court decision that dissolved the popular Future Forward opposition party, less than a year after an election to end direct military rule, at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 24, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/70bcb253-39df-4e45-9bc2-fd1f37ad7f74_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thai students protest against a court decision that dissolved the popular Future Forward opposition party, less than a year after an election to end direct military rule, at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 24, 2020.
![Film producer Harvey Weinstein is handcuffed after his guilty verdict in his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Feb. 24, 2020 in this courtroom sketch.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e3b843f9-d092-4571-8fff-403ed5e1522e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Film producer Harvey Weinstein is handcuffed after his guilty verdict in his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Feb. 24, 2020 in this courtroom sketch.