A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 18, 2019
![Team Japan competes during the women's free combination preliminary swimming event in the 18th FINA World Swimming Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium, Gwangju, South Korea.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd12c486-5df5-4627-895a-70b0fb2c7691_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Team Japan competes during the women's free combination preliminary swimming event in the 18th FINA World Swimming Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium, Gwangju, South Korea.
![Relatives attend a commemoration ceremony in memory of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash on the fifth anniversary of the accident, in Vijfhuizen, Netherlands, June 17, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/775a2e82-0dbf-45aa-80cb-76d70ad99650_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Relatives attend a commemoration ceremony in memory of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash on the fifth anniversary of the accident, in Vijfhuizen, Netherlands, June 17, 2019.
![Afghan security forces arrive after a powerful explosion outside the provincial police headquarters in Kandahar province south of Kabul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/55e2531e-6182-4d07-b5c2-10d7ada842a4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan security forces arrive after a powerful explosion outside the provincial police headquarters in Kandahar province south of Kabul.
![French skippers Charles Caudrelier and Franck Cammas sail on their multihull "Maxi Edmond de Rothschild" off the coast of Lorient, western France, during a training session ahead of the Rolex Fastnet yacht race.](https://gdb.voanews.com/89812994-1dc2-4b0a-a304-722d96c24446_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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French skippers Charles Caudrelier and Franck Cammas sail on their multihull "Maxi Edmond de Rothschild" off the coast of Lorient, western France, during a training session ahead of the Rolex Fastnet yacht race.