A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 9, 2016
![Muslims leave the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as the participate in the annual hajj pilgrimage.](https://gdb.voanews.com/33dd48ee-6347-404a-b20e-f1f62db04737_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Muslims leave the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as the participate in the annual hajj pilgrimage.
![A man uses a scissors to make intricate decorative patterns on a camel's back before displaying it for sale at a makeshift cattle market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d07ecc0f-afae-43fc-b10d-8919244c00e7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man uses a scissors to make intricate decorative patterns on a camel's back before displaying it for sale at a makeshift cattle market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan.
![A woman sits inside her house covered with smoke from fumigation in Allahabad, India. Despite efforts, including spraying vast areas with clouds of diesel smoke and insecticide, several Indian cities battle dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases every year during the rainy season.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3ed7c418-99de-4b2c-ba8d-20d8e25294c5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sits inside her house covered with smoke from fumigation in Allahabad, India. Despite efforts, including spraying vast areas with clouds of diesel smoke and insecticide, several Indian cities battle dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases every year during the rainy season.
![A salesperson sits near posters of the late communist leader Mao Zedong on display for sale at a shop near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of the leader who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 and ran it virtually uncontested until 1976.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a8a00343-e756-4e0c-be80-deeaf4cbe215_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A salesperson sits near posters of the late communist leader Mao Zedong on display for sale at a shop near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of the leader who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 and ran it virtually uncontested until 1976.