A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 18, 2019
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A man retrieves his prize during a greased-pole climbing competition held as part of Independence Day celebrations at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 17, 2019.
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Surfer Benji Brand from Hawaii, U.S., practices while a photographer taking pictures ahead of the Tahiti pro surfing trial at the famous break Teahupoo in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
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Members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators march across the Hawthorne Bridge during an "End Domestic Terrorism" rally in Portland, Oregon, USA, Aug. 17, 2019.
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Volunteers stand around flamingo chicks gathered in a corral before being fitted with identity rings at dawn at a lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain, Aug. 17, 2019.
