A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 7, 2017
![Women wearing Kimonos pose for a souvenir photo with blooming cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86f47b95-fe9e-44a3-9fd1-35eb8bf0210b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women wearing Kimonos pose for a souvenir photo with blooming cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan.
![A member of honor guards attends a welcoming ceremony for Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6df4a0ca-1513-4ab5-a761-3451461fca75_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of honor guards attends a welcoming ceremony for Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
![Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill releases birds at Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow's Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7698ae72-cc38-47f2-92e3-4b24262858ed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill releases birds at Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow's Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.
![Tourists visit the National World War II Memorial on the east end of the Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial as a storm clears the nation's capital in Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3db20a3-918c-448d-83cf-93105af4aaa8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tourists visit the National World War II Memorial on the east end of the Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial as a storm clears the nation's capital in Washington.