A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 26, 2024
![Ugandan police officers arrest an environmental activist taking part in a protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) in Kampala.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-4243-08dcc5f50367_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ugandan police officers arrest an environmental activist taking part in a protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) in Kampala.
![People take cover inside a metro station during a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-8133-08dcc5f51a29_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take cover inside a metro station during a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
![Local residents embrace each other at the site of a Russian missile strike in Odessa region, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-91d1-08dcc5f515df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local residents embrace each other at the site of a Russian missile strike in Odessa region, Ukraine.
![People wait with their luggage at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-de2e-08dcc5f50d6a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People wait with their luggage at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon.