A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 12, 2016
![Pope Francis wears a traditional Mexican sombrero hat he received as a gift by a Mexican journalist aboard the plane during the flight from Rome to Havana, Cuba, on his way to a week-long trip to Mexico.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86386D86-AFB2-4813-A615-F1E562008F79_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis wears a traditional Mexican sombrero hat he received as a gift by a Mexican journalist aboard the plane during the flight from Rome to Havana, Cuba, on his way to a week-long trip to Mexico.
![Devotees return after taking a holy bath in the Triveni River during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Panauti near Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CA5F096B-11B9-4567-B73E-3DAC1C5C94B0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Devotees return after taking a holy bath in the Triveni River during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Panauti near Kathmandu, Nepal.
![The Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar by Fisher-Price is shown at the New York Toy Fair. More than just a caterpillar, the Code-a-Pillar helps pre-schoolers develop coding, sequencing and critical thinking skills.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0D8904F1-FF6F-4CC9-845B-B2AC80C127B9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar by Fisher-Price is shown at the New York Toy Fair. More than just a caterpillar, the Code-a-Pillar helps pre-schoolers develop coding, sequencing and critical thinking skills.
![Murmurations of wading birds fly along the coastline of The Wash near Snettisham in east Britain. The spectacular display occurs when high tides force thousands of wading birds such as Knot and Oystercatcher off the mudflats and inland until the tide recedes.](https://gdb.voanews.com/348E3A07-5C0E-4EED-A887-867E556BDFB9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Murmurations of wading birds fly along the coastline of The Wash near Snettisham in east Britain. The spectacular display occurs when high tides force thousands of wading birds such as Knot and Oystercatcher off the mudflats and inland until the tide recedes.