A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 20, 2015
![A woman reads through names of fallen soldiers on a memorial for those who died in the decades-long conflict against the Tamil Tigers during National War Hero's Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9ec50713-b1e7-4982-934a-903a092e9284_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman reads through names of fallen soldiers on a memorial for those who died in the decades-long conflict against the Tamil Tigers during National War Hero's Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
![A man uses a mobile phone while riding a camel through a traffic jam in downtown Cairo, Egypt.](https://gdb.voanews.com/744c8630-53ab-467b-bab9-437684c5b21d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man uses a mobile phone while riding a camel through a traffic jam in downtown Cairo, Egypt.
![A man travels down a flooded alley on a styrofoam board after heavy rainfall in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b61e5d72-4091-4c95-832a-e521c0ab5401_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man travels down a flooded alley on a styrofoam board after heavy rainfall in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
![An Iraqi Sunni displaced woman, carrying her child, flees the violence in the city of Ramadi, May 19, 2015. Iraqi security forces deployed tanks and artillery around Ramadi to confront Islamic State fighters who have captured the city in a major defeat for the Baghdad government and its Western backers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/82c1c818-b3c1-45e9-b4a8-f2da22dfb250_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi Sunni displaced woman, carrying her child, flees the violence in the city of Ramadi, May 19, 2015. Iraqi security forces deployed tanks and artillery around Ramadi to confront Islamic State fighters who have captured the city in a major defeat for the Baghdad government and its Western backers.