A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 3, 2023
![A Ukrainian firefighter walks amid rubble in a shopping mall following a Russian shelling in Kherson, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/06a20000-0aff-0242-97e5-08db061e85d8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian firefighter walks amid rubble in a shopping mall following a Russian shelling in Kherson, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
![A lion dance team performs to bring good fortune and to chase away bad luck at a shopping district in Hong Kong.](https://gdb.voanews.com/06a20000-0aff-0242-c5c2-08db061e5480_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A lion dance team performs to bring good fortune and to chase away bad luck at a shopping district in Hong Kong.
![A man holds a picture of Pope Francis as a crowd gathers to welcome him upon his arrival at the Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/06a20000-0aff-0242-a9f2-08db061e6f11_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man holds a picture of Pope Francis as a crowd gathers to welcome him upon his arrival at the Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan.
![Base jumper Chris Mcdougall of Australia leaps from the 300-meter-high open deck of Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur.](https://gdb.voanews.com/06a20000-0aff-0242-9c0f-08db061e548d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Base jumper Chris Mcdougall of Australia leaps from the 300-meter-high open deck of Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur.