A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 17, 2020
![An elderly displaced Syrian woman carries a child in the Washukanni Camp for the internally displaced people near the predominantly Kurdish city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fe000cf9-6690-4502-ba66-edd42498bfb3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly displaced Syrian woman carries a child in the Washukanni Camp for the internally displaced people near the predominantly Kurdish city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria.
![Kashmiri Muslims react upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, during a festival to mark the death anniversary of Abu Bakr, one of the companions of Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/76a043f0-871c-4a5d-aaf4-bbd4e7ed9433_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kashmiri Muslims react upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, during a festival to mark the death anniversary of Abu Bakr, one of the companions of Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, India.
![Protesters hold placards reading "Maragaret Macron, this time we will win" as they demonstrate in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of a multi-sector strike against the French government's pensions overhaul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0cb22042-03f0-487b-8276-b6e3c82af155_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters hold placards reading "Maragaret Macron, this time we will win" as they demonstrate in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of a multi-sector strike against the French government's pensions overhaul.
![A boy plays on a drum decorated with Kosovo's flag to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the country's independence, in the capital Pristina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/eb897049-2e62-44d0-8253-39db269fe518_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy plays on a drum decorated with Kosovo's flag to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the country's independence, in the capital Pristina.