A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 18, 2024
![A member of the LGBTQ community celebrates after the Thai parliament passed the final senatorial vote on the same sex marriage bill, at Government House in Bangkok.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-6e94-08dc8fbbc699_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the LGBTQ community celebrates after the Thai parliament passed the final senatorial vote on the same sex marriage bill, at Government House in Bangkok.
![Clair Frank wears a peacock themed hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting at Ascot, England.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-04a3-08dc8fbbc690_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Clair Frank wears a peacock themed hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting at Ascot, England.
![A man sleeps in the river Ganges on a hot summer day in Varanasi, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-c352-08dc8fbbc691_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man sleeps in the river Ganges on a hot summer day in Varanasi, India.