A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 21, 2018
![Some of the newly-released Dapchi schoolgirls are pictured in Jumbam village, Yobe State, Nigeria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5752c9d7-4922-455e-ba5b-924683cfe3a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Some of the newly-released Dapchi schoolgirls are pictured in Jumbam village, Yobe State, Nigeria.
![Opposition politicians release tear gas in parliament to obstruct a session in Pristina, Kosovo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e002406-250c-46ac-89a7-58159cfa9cba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Opposition politicians release tear gas in parliament to obstruct a session in Pristina, Kosovo.
![Visitors watch the light installation "Frankfurt Fades" by artist Philipp Geist, presented during the Luminale Festival of Light at Roemer square in Frankfurt, Germany, March 20, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b89ea553-4189-4874-be7f-43fa54a07967_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors watch the light installation "Frankfurt Fades" by artist Philipp Geist, presented during the Luminale Festival of Light at Roemer square in Frankfurt, Germany, March 20, 2018.
![An elephant plays basketball during a show at the national zoological gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c1487237-cd66-4c97-bcc3-90b93ec8965e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elephant plays basketball during a show at the national zoological gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka.