A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 24, 2018
![An Indian Muslim worker applies colors on Kalavas (sacred threads) in Ajmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/558596e4-04be-4f17-a5cb-63bb858d5108_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian Muslim worker applies colors on Kalavas (sacred threads) in Ajmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
![Pro-Choice activists dress up as characters from the Handmaid's Tale in a City centre demonstration ahead of a May 25 referendum on abortion law, in Dublin, Ireland.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b5baedeb-0f5d-4894-9cb1-e22705c7aa65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pro-Choice activists dress up as characters from the Handmaid's Tale in a City centre demonstration ahead of a May 25 referendum on abortion law, in Dublin, Ireland.
![The night sky is illuminated by lava pouring from a fissure eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii.](https://gdb.voanews.com/310c15a2-97e0-4638-bf0c-ebf5660d8f96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The night sky is illuminated by lava pouring from a fissure eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii.
![An Indian worker arranges strands of vermicelli noodles to dry inside of a factory during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on the outskirts of Agartala.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bf388ce6-296f-4295-9316-b3e0f7368beb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian worker arranges strands of vermicelli noodles to dry inside of a factory during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on the outskirts of Agartala.