A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 26, 2017
![Artillery guns are fired near the cremation grounds where the body of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej is being taken to be cremated after his funeral procession, in Bangkok.](https://gdb.voanews.com/71fb3a78-ee11-4f83-80aa-48e92b221ee8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Artillery guns are fired near the cremation grounds where the body of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej is being taken to be cremated after his funeral procession, in Bangkok.
![The Great Victory Chariot is pulled during the funeral procession for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej before the Royal Cremation Ceremony in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ff7e36c1-76c0-439e-aab1-7c3855b68d5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Great Victory Chariot is pulled during the funeral procession for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej before the Royal Cremation Ceremony in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
![A protester brandishing a machete and a knife prepares to take cover from incoming tear gas canisters during clashes with police forces in the Kibera section of Nairobi. Kenyans trickled into polling stations for a rerun election that has polarized the nation, amid sporadic clashes, as supporters of the opposition leader ignored his call to stay away,and tried to block voting.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5e84d2e7-b0d6-4523-be35-a04e39a381d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester brandishing a machete and a knife prepares to take cover from incoming tear gas canisters during clashes with police forces in the Kibera section of Nairobi. Kenyans trickled into polling stations for a rerun election that has polarized the nation, amid sporadic clashes, as supporters of the opposition leader ignored his call to stay away,and tried to block voting.
![Tom Morgan, from Bristol-based company The Adventurists, flies in a chair tied to large party balloons near Johannesburg, South Africa.](https://gdb.voanews.com/718e9970-f54b-4d05-980d-3948c38a538b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tom Morgan, from Bristol-based company The Adventurists, flies in a chair tied to large party balloons near Johannesburg, South Africa.