A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 16, 2019
![Boys dressed in white depicting holy cows participate in a parade to mark Gaijatra Festival, also known as the festival of cows, in Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/351cdcd1-a199-4bbc-9cef-29acc76fcf90_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys dressed in white depicting holy cows participate in a parade to mark Gaijatra Festival, also known as the festival of cows, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
![A soldier attends a ceremony at the Rhone American Cemetery in Draguignan, southern France, as part of the commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in the South of France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/983552c7-9971-43b8-aeae-563b9df4818f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A soldier attends a ceremony at the Rhone American Cemetery in Draguignan, southern France, as part of the commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in the South of France.
![A woman lies in the road after been injured by police during protests in Harare.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bacd7775-ab94-49a2-89e9-f9bdffe9a204_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman lies in the road after been injured by police during protests in Harare.
![A Kashmiri child looks from behind a fence at a protest site after Friday prayers during restrictions after the Indian government scrapped the special constitutional status for Kashmir, in Srinagar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/237104ca-daee-4e7e-918d-39469b42c954_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kashmiri child looks from behind a fence at a protest site after Friday prayers during restrictions after the Indian government scrapped the special constitutional status for Kashmir, in Srinagar.