A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 4, 2017
![The galaxy named MCG+01-38-005 (the lower, blue-tinted one) is a special kind of megamaser and its active galactic nucleus pumps out huge amounts of energy, which stimulates clouds of surrounding water.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bfcb7705-d5bf-4136-a196-ecd5e51dac71_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The galaxy named MCG+01-38-005 (the lower, blue-tinted one) is a special kind of megamaser and its active galactic nucleus pumps out huge amounts of energy, which stimulates clouds of surrounding water.
![Craig Bolleson hugs his friend in his burned out home in the Sunland-Tujunga section of Los Angeles, California. Wildfires forced thousands to flee their homes across the U.S. West during a sweltering, smoke-shrouded holiday weekend of record heat.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09d56de2-3f28-4374-86d4-5cdab9dede44_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Craig Bolleson hugs his friend in his burned out home in the Sunland-Tujunga section of Los Angeles, California. Wildfires forced thousands to flee their homes across the U.S. West during a sweltering, smoke-shrouded holiday weekend of record heat.
![A woman cools off in a swimming pool during the last rays of sunlight in San Jose Villanueva, 25 km southwest of San Salvador, El Salvado, Sept. 3, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/873735c6-4bdf-401f-9d52-fba64a0c1461_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman cools off in a swimming pool during the last rays of sunlight in San Jose Villanueva, 25 km southwest of San Salvador, El Salvado, Sept. 3, 2017.
![A Nepalese girl dressed as living goddess Kumari waits for Kumari Puja at Hanuman Dhoka, Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d617431a-f683-4eef-8207-8e99d5d716f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Nepalese girl dressed as living goddess Kumari waits for Kumari Puja at Hanuman Dhoka, Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.