A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 5, 2020
![An unexploded BM-30 Smerch rocket allegedly fired by Armenian forces in the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, is seen near the Mingachevir Hydro Power Station in the town of Mingachevir, Azerbaijan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a66baf34-b155-4839-aa13-ae04b89ebe4b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An unexploded BM-30 Smerch rocket allegedly fired by Armenian forces in the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, is seen near the Mingachevir Hydro Power Station in the town of Mingachevir, Azerbaijan.
![A gymnastics instructor wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) leads a morning exercise for patients of the COVID-19 coronavirus at a hotel designated to treat asymptomatic patients in Karawaci, Indonesia's Banten province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3b9080d6-1274-4b8d-80bb-024135d35468_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A gymnastics instructor wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) leads a morning exercise for patients of the COVID-19 coronavirus at a hotel designated to treat asymptomatic patients in Karawaci, Indonesia's Banten province.
![A police officer cuts a chain open to free a demonstrator as Extinction Rebellion activists protest in front of the Ministry of Agriculture in Berlin, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6e1c6093-94b4-4f13-9eb2-0d4da634d482_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer cuts a chain open to free a demonstrator as Extinction Rebellion activists protest in front of the Ministry of Agriculture in Berlin, Germany.
![Hundreds of empty chairs representing a fraction of the more than 200,000 lives lost due to COVID-19, are seen during the National COVID-19 Remembrance outside the South side of the White House, Oct. 4, 2020, in Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/827a047d-3caa-41e0-a926-9883244401ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hundreds of empty chairs representing a fraction of the more than 200,000 lives lost due to COVID-19, are seen during the National COVID-19 Remembrance outside the South side of the White House, Oct. 4, 2020, in Washington.