A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 9, 2019
![A girl feeds swans on the bank of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/44afe46a-cdaa-4eb9-8856-ba8e0cbcfb61_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl feeds swans on the bank of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia.
![A boy holds a paper lantern in remembrance of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing on a day commemorating the 74th anniversary of the bombing in Nagasaki, western Japan. (Kyodo)](https://gdb.voanews.com/82d68468-be0a-466f-bd68-37bdd780796b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy holds a paper lantern in remembrance of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing on a day commemorating the 74th anniversary of the bombing in Nagasaki, western Japan. (Kyodo)
![A statue of Sir Stamford Raffles is seen as spectators watch fireworks explode during Singapore's 54th National Day Parade in Singapore.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0bd7c72f-5b6e-4e11-8bac-31c200e562a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A statue of Sir Stamford Raffles is seen as spectators watch fireworks explode during Singapore's 54th National Day Parade in Singapore.
![Crew members of the 'Ocean Viking' rescue ship, operated by French NGOs SOS Mediterranee and Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), help a child climb on board from an inflatable rescue dinghy, during their first rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4098219f-e4e4-4b04-ad52-6d9e563f6006_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Crew members of the 'Ocean Viking' rescue ship, operated by French NGOs SOS Mediterranee and Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), help a child climb on board from an inflatable rescue dinghy, during their first rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea.