A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 27, 2023
![A man holds a copy of the Quran as Israeli police blockade the entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following a visit to the site by Israel's hard-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Jerusalem's Old City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-7d9d-08db8ec78a62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man holds a copy of the Quran as Israeli police blockade the entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following a visit to the site by Israel's hard-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Jerusalem's Old City.
![Coup supporters set fire to the ruling party headquarters while hundreds gather in front of the National Assembly in the capital Niamey, Niger.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-c803-08db8ec78a37_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Coup supporters set fire to the ruling party headquarters while hundreds gather in front of the National Assembly in the capital Niamey, Niger.
![Iranian Shi'ite Muslim women take part in a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Tehran.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-8c46-08db8ec78a51_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian Shi'ite Muslim women take part in a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Tehran.
![An aerial view shows railroad tracks running through an area burned by a wildfire, near Volos, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-a0f7-08db8ec78a32_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial view shows railroad tracks running through an area burned by a wildfire, near Volos, Greece.