A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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![A runner passes under the flags hanging at half-staff surrounding the Washington Monument at day break in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden ordered the flags to be lowered in honor of the 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/3382d5cd-6f25-4986-8956-8fa0823779e0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A runner passes under the flags hanging at half-staff surrounding the Washington Monument at day break in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden ordered the flags to be lowered in honor of the 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in the U.S.
![A supporter of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) gets her face painted before taking part in a "victory" rally, after Supreme Court ruling to overturn the prime minister's decision to dissolve parliament, in Kathmandu.](https://gdb.voanews.com/296ef376-c9f8-43e9-bb73-0282194a2ed6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) gets her face painted before taking part in a "victory" rally, after Supreme Court ruling to overturn the prime minister's decision to dissolve parliament, in Kathmandu.
![A protester makes a victory sign as others burn tires to block a road in front of the house of judge Fadi Akiki in Beirut during a demonstration calling for the release of anti-government activists detained following riots in northern Lebanon late last month.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fff9c8ae-d569-4d14-83d5-e889ad9e2a79_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester makes a victory sign as others burn tires to block a road in front of the house of judge Fadi Akiki in Beirut during a demonstration calling for the release of anti-government activists detained following riots in northern Lebanon late last month.
![Artists perform a lion dance during the Lunar New Year celebrations in a village in Zhangjiakou, in northern China's Hebei province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/781ced25-6b17-4be9-991a-2842b8c25c65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Artists perform a lion dance during the Lunar New Year celebrations in a village in Zhangjiakou, in northern China's Hebei province.