A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 20, 2015
![Locals watch as a firefighting plane drops water over a fire near holiday homes in Costa village in the Argolida region, in Southeastern Greece during a developing wild fire.](https://gdb.voanews.com/61e49abe-9d04-470a-8a96-1bd01ba81e9a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Locals watch as a firefighting plane drops water over a fire near holiday homes in Costa village in the Argolida region, in Southeastern Greece during a developing wild fire.
![A vintage car with U.S. flags drives by the U.S. embassy in Havana. The United States and Cuba formally resumed diplomatic relations, as the Cuban flag was raised at the U.S. State Department in a historic gesture toward ending decades of hostility between the Cold War foes.](https://gdb.voanews.com/313a1ddd-649b-46f0-81d5-f7191bd2490c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A vintage car with U.S. flags drives by the U.S. embassy in Havana. The United States and Cuba formally resumed diplomatic relations, as the Cuban flag was raised at the U.S. State Department in a historic gesture toward ending decades of hostility between the Cold War foes.
![Policemen detain protester Danilo Maldonado after he splattered red paint from a pouch hidden in his clothing, outside the flag-raising ceremony at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/904ebbb0-ad06-441f-8eea-b1960bd69694_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Policemen detain protester Danilo Maldonado after he splattered red paint from a pouch hidden in his clothing, outside the flag-raising ceremony at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.
![Italy's Andrea Baldini (R) and Russia's Artur Akhmatkhuzin compete during the men's foil team gold medal match at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Moscow, July 19, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4e6a7299-662b-43bd-a15f-2ffbf6769ee9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Italy's Andrea Baldini (R) and Russia's Artur Akhmatkhuzin compete during the men's foil team gold medal match at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Moscow, July 19, 2015.