A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 24, 2021
![A worker pushes a wheelbarrow carrying palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in a protected area of the Rawa Singkil wildlife reserve as part of the Leuser Ecosystem in Trumon, Southern Aceh province, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/688304e1-e512-4096-8e8a-f9712386452f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker pushes a wheelbarrow carrying palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in a protected area of the Rawa Singkil wildlife reserve as part of the Leuser Ecosystem in Trumon, Southern Aceh province, Indonesia.
![School children return to their homes after school, along a roadside at Sperwan village in Panjwai district, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3854c540-3a36-48cb-bba3-8774aad17c36_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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School children return to their homes after school, along a roadside at Sperwan village in Panjwai district, Afghanistan.
![Hindu married women offer prayers during celebrations of the Karva Chauth festival, in which married women fast the whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands in Allahabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d50dd03b-e08d-4e7d-99c3-365b80eb023c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hindu married women offer prayers during celebrations of the Karva Chauth festival, in which married women fast the whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands in Allahabad, India.
![Shepherds guide sheep through the streets in Madrid, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8f2ce45e-fd18-48e9-bbf0-97711c31dda9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shepherds guide sheep through the streets in Madrid, Spain.