A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 8, 2016
![A burqa-clad mother and her daughter begs for alms on a road in Peshawar, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8FF4BEED-1ED1-4AF4-B251-EDFA6FF45F5D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A burqa-clad mother and her daughter begs for alms on a road in Peshawar, Pakistan.
![A competitor walks on tightrope during a performance in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China, May 7, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5EDA65C6-6D35-40BA-BFEE-8A17CECF132D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A competitor walks on tightrope during a performance in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China, May 7, 2016.
![Masked penitents hold their crosses as they arrive at Roncesvalles Church during spring "Romeria Cruceros de Arce", in northern Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/21FCB151-2C45-4E62-9B23-F95D480CA15B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Masked penitents hold their crosses as they arrive at Roncesvalles Church during spring "Romeria Cruceros de Arce", in northern Spain.
![A woman sits with her child after migrants and refugees tried to open the border fence at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, April 7, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/561F622D-6713-4B49-B553-BFB1B13C5EC1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sits with her child after migrants and refugees tried to open the border fence at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, April 7, 2016.