A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 24, 2022
![A worker removes the last public payphone near Times Square in New York City, May 23, 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03180000-0aff-0242-827d-08da3dabf59b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker removes the last public payphone near Times Square in New York City, May 23, 2022.
![Children look at buffaloes during a sandstorm in eastern Baghdad's al-Futheliyah district, Iraq, May 23, 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/031a0000-0aff-0242-f0a9-08da3dabf599_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children look at buffaloes during a sandstorm in eastern Baghdad's al-Futheliyah district, Iraq, May 23, 2022.
![Natasha Poly poses for photographers upon arrival at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Cannes film festival and the premiere of the film 'The Innocent' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/031a0000-0aff-0242-c412-08da3dabf35c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Natasha Poly poses for photographers upon arrival at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Cannes film festival and the premiere of the film 'The Innocent' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France.
![Plebes form a human pyramid to place an upperclassman hat atop the 21-foot vegetable shortening-covered Herndon Monument, a tradition marking the end of their plebe year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 23, 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/031a0000-0aff-0242-ca0b-08da3dabf3ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Plebes form a human pyramid to place an upperclassman hat atop the 21-foot vegetable shortening-covered Herndon Monument, a tradition marking the end of their plebe year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 23, 2022.