A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 8, 2015
![Balinese fighters combat with sticks wrapped in thorny pandanus leaves during a village festival ceremony in Bali, Indonesia, as part of a sacrifice to placate the evil spirits.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1194EA78-B4E9-4D14-9ED6-3F740BCC8BB4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Balinese fighters combat with sticks wrapped in thorny pandanus leaves during a village festival ceremony in Bali, Indonesia, as part of a sacrifice to placate the evil spirits.
![Nomadic Kashmiri Muslims prepare sweetened rice for devotees at the forest shrine of Miyan Peer, in Baba Nagri, about 44 kilometers (28 miles) northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.](https://gdb.voanews.com/724F6672-4A83-4C23-A5E0-501501710B4F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nomadic Kashmiri Muslims prepare sweetened rice for devotees at the forest shrine of Miyan Peer, in Baba Nagri, about 44 kilometers (28 miles) northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
![More than 173,000 pots of plants and herbs form a flower carpet in front of the city hall in Antwerp, Belgium. To celebrate the 450th anniversary of the Antwerp city hall, artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven selected 31 different species to create a design of large geometric figures in bright sixties colors.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1288C17B-22A5-4FCC-A9EA-3F35972542AC_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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More than 173,000 pots of plants and herbs form a flower carpet in front of the city hall in Antwerp, Belgium. To celebrate the 450th anniversary of the Antwerp city hall, artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven selected 31 different species to create a design of large geometric figures in bright sixties colors.
![Chan Fan Keng Jonathan of Singapore competes in the men's 10m platform diving final during the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Singapore.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5F714303-0419-4315-A8A4-0B024F106E2F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chan Fan Keng Jonathan of Singapore competes in the men's 10m platform diving final during the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Singapore.