A look at the best news photos from around the world.
November 15, 2016
![A stockpile of illegal arms confiscated from a variety of criminals goes up in smoke in Ngong in Kajiado county to demonstrate the Kenyan government's commitment to combat armed crime in the East African nation.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0f50513d-6430-4764-b58f-411152230a19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A stockpile of illegal arms confiscated from a variety of criminals goes up in smoke in Ngong in Kajiado county to demonstrate the Kenyan government's commitment to combat armed crime in the East African nation.
![People try to get in a queue outside a bank to exchange and deposit their old high-denomination banknotes in Allahabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2dae4f21-303d-49d9-9843-b91771eb4681_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People try to get in a queue outside a bank to exchange and deposit their old high-denomination banknotes in Allahabad, India.
![Participants release hot-air balloons during the closing ceremony of the Tazaungdaing Festival at Taunggyi, in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State.](https://gdb.voanews.com/71c29b97-544a-48f8-a8c7-eccb6437786f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants release hot-air balloons during the closing ceremony of the Tazaungdaing Festival at Taunggyi, in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State.
![A woman kneels in front of police during a protest in Bismarck against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline under Lake Oahe and near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North Dakota, Nov. 14, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2a9f7e43-9c27-4a49-9f2e-c547781658d5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman kneels in front of police during a protest in Bismarck against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline under Lake Oahe and near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North Dakota, Nov. 14, 2016.