A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 12, 2021
![Visitors look at thousands paper lanterns during the Mitama Festival at the Yasukuni Shrine, where more than 2.4 million war-dead are enshrined in Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7f460467-555b-440a-b458-8c7032d9cee5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors look at thousands paper lanterns during the Mitama Festival at the Yasukuni Shrine, where more than 2.4 million war-dead are enshrined in Tokyo, Japan.
![Mourners react next to the coffins of a victim, who was killed in a fire that broke out at al-Hussain coronavirus hospital in Nassiriya, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5111330e-7c6e-46ba-a976-2c7747608574_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mourners react next to the coffins of a victim, who was killed in a fire that broke out at al-Hussain coronavirus hospital in Nassiriya, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq.
![A member of the military inspects the damage at the looted Jabulani mall as the country deploys army to quell unrest linked to jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, in Soweto, South Africa.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e4550c25-d6a0-42ba-8db9-0cda859724ca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the military inspects the damage at the looted Jabulani mall as the country deploys army to quell unrest linked to jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, in Soweto, South Africa.
![A nurse administers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman in her house in rural Sabab Bernam, central Selangor state, Malaysia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0789693f-25a8-4447-abc5-d70f280c2038_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A nurse administers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman in her house in rural Sabab Bernam, central Selangor state, Malaysia.