A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 20, 2019
![The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's flight demonstration team, perform during the Sioux Falls Air Show in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Aug. 18, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Duane Duimstra)](https://gdb.voanews.com/5f233029-2e63-4e84-8172-3ffd6dad2972_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's flight demonstration team, perform during the Sioux Falls Air Show in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Aug. 18, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Duane Duimstra)
![Migrants jump off the Spanish rescue ship Open Arms, close to the Italian shore in Lampedusa, Aug. 20, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b7503781-e01c-4026-81ad-846ecc4ddbfe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrants jump off the Spanish rescue ship Open Arms, close to the Italian shore in Lampedusa, Aug. 20, 2019.
![People observe the Nil Barahi mask dance festival, an annual event during which dancers perform while posing as various deities that people worship to seek blessings, in Bode, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4aba7390-b689-47b9-ac41-b245ed9f359f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People observe the Nil Barahi mask dance festival, an annual event during which dancers perform while posing as various deities that people worship to seek blessings, in Bode, Nepal.
![Federal police officers are seen at the Rio-Niteroi Bridge, where armed police surrounded a hijacked passenger bus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7fcc6690-4221-48ae-970f-345302db9a48_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Federal police officers are seen at the Rio-Niteroi Bridge, where armed police surrounded a hijacked passenger bus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.