A look at the best news photos from around the world.
November 5, 2017
![The first wave of runners make their way across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge during the start of the New York City Marathon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/12b25e26-c2b2-4fd7-9e4b-248003d7d45c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The first wave of runners make their way across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge during the start of the New York City Marathon.
![Dogs stand on a flooded drink shop after typhoon Damrey hits Vietnam in Hue city, Vietnam.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d441c64e-dc4f-46fe-8668-1f75147ceb9a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dogs stand on a flooded drink shop after typhoon Damrey hits Vietnam in Hue city, Vietnam.
![Riot police run past an excavator, during a demonstration against open-cast brown coal mining of Garzweiler, northwest of Cologne, Germany,.](https://gdb.voanews.com/890230b5-cfa6-4cb8-88a3-43248c24e187_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police run past an excavator, during a demonstration against open-cast brown coal mining of Garzweiler, northwest of Cologne, Germany,.
![Russian soldiers rehearse ahead of a forthcoming parade on Red Square in Moscow.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b07b562a-c0d5-4110-a50a-752be0eb8097_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian soldiers rehearse ahead of a forthcoming parade on Red Square in Moscow.