A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 4, 2022
![A statue of a Kansa warrior titled "Ad Astra," atop the Kansas Statehouse is silhouetted against the setting moon in Topeka, Kansas.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09b80000-0a00-0242-70e7-08da8e9bd21d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A statue of a Kansa warrior titled "Ad Astra," atop the Kansas Statehouse is silhouetted against the setting moon in Topeka, Kansas.
![Pope Francis arrives to attend a Mass for the beatification of Pope John Paul I, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/00750000-0aff-0242-b12c-08da8e9c0a44_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis arrives to attend a Mass for the beatification of Pope John Paul I, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
![Firefighters douse the rubble of a restaurant complex destroyed by a missile strike in the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/00750000-0aff-0242-b614-08da8e9b855e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters douse the rubble of a restaurant complex destroyed by a missile strike in the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
![People are seen surrounded by floodwaters, in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Sept. 3, 2022.](https://gdb.voanews.com/09b80000-0a00-0242-31ed-08da8e9b9e2d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People are seen surrounded by floodwaters, in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Sept. 3, 2022.