A look at the best news photos from around the world.
Fotografije dana: 19. februar 2016.
![A surfer drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal. Praia do Norte has become a famous beach for big wave surfers around the world since Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara achieved a world record for the largest wave surfed in 2011.](https://gdb.voanews.com/65f1e659-8efc-48ef-8dd7-42d566d0ad43_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A surfer drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal. Praia do Norte has become a famous beach for big wave surfers around the world since Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara achieved a world record for the largest wave surfed in 2011.
![Schoolchildren salute during a flag-raising ceremony on the first day of the new semester in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ce529fb8-ad46-4d2d-98dd-02c12093a4ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Schoolchildren salute during a flag-raising ceremony on the first day of the new semester in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China.
![Fog drifts over the still waters of the North Santee River as the sun rises in Georgetown, South Carolina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/59062662-1823-48f9-bf17-f07c2dbddaf3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fog drifts over the still waters of the North Santee River as the sun rises in Georgetown, South Carolina.
![A devotee performs religious rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival at Thecho in Lalitpur, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bdf8f5a4-7474-485a-9c2e-49a05161bd70_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A devotee performs religious rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival at Thecho in Lalitpur, Nepal.