A look at the best news photos from around the world.
Fotografije dana: 23. august 2017.
![Pope Francis lifts a child dressed like him as he greets faithful at the end of his weekly general audience, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a30bd5f6-216c-4482-9193-adbc66f153a5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis lifts a child dressed like him as he greets faithful at the end of his weekly general audience, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican.
![A child watches a smart self-learning robot during the World Robot Conference at the Yichuang International Conference and Exhibition Center in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/51bf50cf-dd60-477f-8ec9-6272c1870431_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child watches a smart self-learning robot during the World Robot Conference at the Yichuang International Conference and Exhibition Center in Beijing, China.
![Workers hold a tranquillized rhino after it was dehorned in an effort to deter the poaching of one of the world's endangered species, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, in the north west province, South Africa.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e4b4ffa0-29ac-4587-814c-8c43b859e5a4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers hold a tranquillized rhino after it was dehorned in an effort to deter the poaching of one of the world's endangered species, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, in the north west province, South Africa.
![The bolt from a lightning storm hits the spire on top of the One World Trade Center tower in New York City, Aug. 22, 2017, seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ef7e1528-e5aa-4b71-bf24-cc03470514c7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The bolt from a lightning storm hits the spire on top of the One World Trade Center tower in New York City, Aug. 22, 2017, seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey.