A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 18, 2018
![A one-year-old red panda sits in the trees at the Manor Wildlife Park, St. Florence, near Tenby in Wales, United Kingdom.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6a54eb1a-5700-4671-8ab4-90b49a086a47_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A one-year-old red panda sits in the trees at the Manor Wildlife Park, St. Florence, near Tenby in Wales, United Kingdom.
![Coach Ekkapol Janthawong, left, and the 12 boys on the Thai soccer team that had been trapped in the cave pay their respects and thanks as they hold a portrait of Saman Gunan, the retired Thai SEAL diver who died during their initial rescue attempt, during a press conference in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b09fa46a-c9fd-46d7-923c-f68096f632a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Coach Ekkapol Janthawong, left, and the 12 boys on the Thai soccer team that had been trapped in the cave pay their respects and thanks as they hold a portrait of Saman Gunan, the retired Thai SEAL diver who died during their initial rescue attempt, during a press conference in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand.
![Children light candles beside a painting commemorating the late Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, at an art school in Mumbai, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/66766d82-7257-4aab-ab35-0d0eb158265f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children light candles beside a painting commemorating the late Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, at an art school in Mumbai, India.
![Ashrita Furman, who holds more Guinness World Records than anyone, attempts to set a new record for slicing the most watermelons in half on his own stomach in one minute in New York City, July 17, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/79eca74f-e388-4c4a-b50e-3403eb98467c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ashrita Furman, who holds more Guinness World Records than anyone, attempts to set a new record for slicing the most watermelons in half on his own stomach in one minute in New York City, July 17, 2018.