A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 1, 2020
![Riot policemen beat anti-government protesters during a protest near Parliament Square, in Beirut, Lebanon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/91c36135-9111-4b9b-b702-62f244a9996e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot policemen beat anti-government protesters during a protest near Parliament Square, in Beirut, Lebanon.
![Students attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of Wuhan High School on the first day of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/87fd70f6-5f8b-45ba-9e16-c8c7951149c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of Wuhan High School on the first day of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.
![A plainclothes law enforcement officer detains a student during a protest against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f7966579-5458-4a03-9ffc-bf373827d127_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A plainclothes law enforcement officer detains a student during a protest against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus.
![Workers remove idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha that were immersed in Saroornagar Lake on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5a493cb2-c7f2-4f09-b0cc-584483ebdf83_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers remove idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha that were immersed in Saroornagar Lake on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India.