A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 21, 2023
![Students with painted faces gather in support of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Chennai, India. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 had "successfully separated" from the propulsion module six days ahead of a planned landing slated for Aug. 23.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-282a-08dba3356c9c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students with painted faces gather in support of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Chennai, India. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 had "successfully separated" from the propulsion module six days ahead of a planned landing slated for Aug. 23.
![A man evacuates horses during a wildfire in Chasia in the outskirts of Athens. Greece's fire brigade ordered the evacuation of a district on Athens' northwestern flank as firefighters battled a steadily growing wave of wildfires around the country, the second in a month. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-9c71-08dba3356cb2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man evacuates horses during a wildfire in Chasia in the outskirts of Athens. Greece's fire brigade ordered the evacuation of a district on Athens' northwestern flank as firefighters battled a steadily growing wave of wildfires around the country, the second in a month.
![A woman holds the hand of a patient, as patients from the General University Hospital of Alexandroupolis were evacuated in a ferry to escape from a wildfire raging in Alexandroupolis, on the region of Evros, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-def6-08dba3357dac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman holds the hand of a patient, as patients from the General University Hospital of Alexandroupolis were evacuated in a ferry to escape from a wildfire raging in Alexandroupolis, on the region of Evros, Greece.
![Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks with his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughters Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Pintongtha Kunakornwong at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/61d39f38-6a06-477d-b5db-06c39d0c874d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks with his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughters Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Pintongtha Kunakornwong at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand.