A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 23, 2023
![A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-47af-08db5bb4f055_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
![A vendor pushes his cycle with toys while looking for customers, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-a5b8-08db5bb4e82f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A vendor pushes his cycle with toys while looking for customers, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
![Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar, the first above-the-knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, waves towards the media upon his arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-4067-08db5bb4e467_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar, the first above-the-knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, waves towards the media upon his arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal.
![Security personnel with ballistic shields escort a vehicle carrying Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan as he leaves after appearing before an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-652e-08db5bb4d43e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Security personnel with ballistic shields escort a vehicle carrying Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan as he leaves after appearing before an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad.