A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 15, 2021
![Protesters set off fireworks as they take part in a demonstration in Bangkok, calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2636b2fc-4dd3-4fca-abbb-4936d8777195_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters set off fireworks as they take part in a demonstration in Bangkok, calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis.
![People arriving from Afghanistan make their way at the Friendship Gate crossing point at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4ac8053b-10d5-431c-9fe2-1ac05ca92345_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People arriving from Afghanistan make their way at the Friendship Gate crossing point at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan.
![Taliban fighters sit on a vehicle along the street in Jalalabad province, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9c27cb72-ac89-455f-85aa-a6a3b6386361_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Taliban fighters sit on a vehicle along the street in Jalalabad province, Afghanistan.
![Oxiliene Morency grieves after the body of her 7-year-old-daughter Esther Daniel was recovered from the rubble of their home destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 14, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7762990c-813d-46a8-92d1-ce47fff642c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Oxiliene Morency grieves after the body of her 7-year-old-daughter Esther Daniel was recovered from the rubble of their home destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 14, 2021.