A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 17, 2021

1
A woman fills out her ballot paper during the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament and local parliaments elections at a polling station in St. Petersburg, Russia.

2
A Taliban fighter looks at an aquarium at the Kabul Zoo in Afghanistan.

3
A patient breathes through an oxygen mask at the COVID-19 ICU unit of the Dr. Abdulah Nakas General Hospital in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

4
People offer pieces of a cake to a cut-out of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate his 71st birthday at an event in Ahmedabad, India.