A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 16, 2021

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Residents stand along the banks of the overflowed Melamchi River following heavy monsoon rains in Sindhupalchok, some 70 kilometers northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Workers place a mask on a 57-meter-tall statue of a Buddhist goddess to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic, at Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, June 15, 2021. (Credit: Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin/Handout)

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A still image from a social media video shows spiders' gossamer near wetlands in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. (Credit: Carolyn Crossley via Facebook)

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Yulia Shirokova wears an ornate hat on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England.