A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 12, 2019
![A meteor streaks across the sky near the Monument to the Revolution at Kozara during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d0e2c683-e627-4fc7-a9d1-30057e29e56c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A meteor streaks across the sky near the Monument to the Revolution at Kozara during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
![Philip Manshaus, with black eyes and wounds on his face and neck, appears with his lawyer Unni Fries in court in Oslo, Norway. Manshaus, 21, is suspected of an armed attack at Al-Noor Islamic Centre Mosque and killing his stepsister.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b3e0b354-7563-4a3f-8a73-78efc62539ff_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Philip Manshaus, with black eyes and wounds on his face and neck, appears with his lawyer Unni Fries in court in Oslo, Norway. Manshaus, 21, is suspected of an armed attack at Al-Noor Islamic Centre Mosque and killing his stepsister.
![Leanne Wong competes during the senior women's competition at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Aug. 11, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7ecc1a72-dfb7-4e84-858d-c707d2f36092_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Leanne Wong competes during the senior women's competition at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Aug. 11, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri.
![Girls ride on swings during the first day of the Muslim holiday of the Eid al-Adha, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 11, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ad3cd734-ae1e-4102-b3d2-cfc6b418eefd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Girls ride on swings during the first day of the Muslim holiday of the Eid al-Adha, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 11, 2019.