A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 5, 2022
![Pigeons surround pilgrims outside the the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10050000-0aff-0242-7680-08da5eb12a04_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pigeons surround pilgrims outside the the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.
![A bolt strikes near Moscow State University building during a thunderstorm in Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10050000-0aff-0242-b394-08da5eb120d8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bolt strikes near Moscow State University building during a thunderstorm in Moscow, Russia.
![Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his quarter final match against Italy's Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon, in London, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10070000-0aff-0242-250f-08da5eb12125_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his quarter final match against Italy's Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon, in London, Britain.
![A man paddles on a stand-up paddle board through a flooded street at Windsor on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/10070000-0aff-0242-6b03-08da5eb120de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man paddles on a stand-up paddle board through a flooded street at Windsor on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia.