A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 18, 2021
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A protester carries a cat during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the Covid-19 crisis in Bangkok.
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Television reporters and spectators line up outside Brooklyn Federal court for opening statements in R&B star R. Kelly's long-anticipated federal trial in New York, arising from years of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls.
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Burned out cars sit outside a house, destroyed by forest fires near Grimaud, in the department of Var, southern France.
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This handout phot released by the Vatican press office, Vatican Media shows Pope Francis playing football table against Natale Tonini of the Tuscany table football amateur association at The Vatican.
