A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 26, 2021
![Lightning strikes over the French Riviera city of Nice.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d7666f2d-1367-48e5-a4f3-ba982c11e6bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lightning strikes over the French Riviera city of Nice.
![Julian Alaphilippe fo France celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the cycling road race during the Flanders 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Leuven, Belgium.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9da808d1-746b-40ab-8901-457a04760452_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Julian Alaphilippe fo France celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the cycling road race during the Flanders 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Leuven, Belgium.
![A police officer keeps watch as Red Crescent workers remove the body of a victim at the scene of a suicide car bomb explosion near the president's residence, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 25, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e942fb8-149e-4943-b37c-682ae4d99f8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer keeps watch as Red Crescent workers remove the body of a victim at the scene of a suicide car bomb explosion near the president's residence, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 25, 2021.
![Former diplomat Michael Kovrig embraces his wife Vina Nadjibulla following his arrival on a Canadian air force jet after his release from detention in China, at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 25, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01a5ef17-46f3-4912-835a-30eadf84cd43_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former diplomat Michael Kovrig embraces his wife Vina Nadjibulla following his arrival on a Canadian air force jet after his release from detention in China, at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 25, 2021.