A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 10, 2019
![Sadhus or Hindu holy men offer prayers while sitting inside circles of burning "Upale" (or dried cow dung cakes) after taking a dip during the third "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/eb6689be-3919-4096-bd9b-a02b83b9c2de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sadhus or Hindu holy men offer prayers while sitting inside circles of burning "Upale" (or dried cow dung cakes) after taking a dip during the third "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India.
![A girl writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival dedicated to goddess of education Saraswati in belief that the goddess will help devotees excel in education, in Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/67d2c8a0-8ee8-4994-bf25-234321481d6f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival dedicated to goddess of education Saraswati in belief that the goddess will help devotees excel in education, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
![United States' Lindsey Vonn poses with her career's medals in the finish area after the women's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0364bb0b-9f7f-4f70-99b5-c6f456a0ef5a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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United States' Lindsey Vonn poses with her career's medals in the finish area after the women's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden.
![Worshipers gather around candles during a Mass to mark the day of Saint Haralampi, the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers, in the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/329cb4e5-2f1e-4355-9301-dc462e276fa4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Worshipers gather around candles during a Mass to mark the day of Saint Haralampi, the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers, in the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.