A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 9, 2024
![Catholic faithful wait on a street to welcome Pope Francis in Dili. Catholic devotees were clamoring to see Pope Francis before his arrival in East Timor's capital -- making pilgrimages from faraway towns and hours-long crossings of its shared border with Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9843dc62-1c71-407c-8aa8-80d6045b4d97_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Catholic faithful wait on a street to welcome Pope Francis in Dili. Catholic devotees were clamoring to see Pope Francis before his arrival in East Timor's capital -- making pilgrimages from faraway towns and hours-long crossings of its shared border with Indonesia.
![Britain's Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood retrieves her shoe after losing it from her foot, outside 10 Downing Street in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/15b011ac-04b7-4bcf-bbab-99e2cce0a92d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britain's Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood retrieves her shoe after losing it from her foot, outside 10 Downing Street in London.
![Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, Sept. 8, 2024.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6264e7b1-f8e1-4f3a-8f4c-ee27e3dd6c78_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, Sept. 8, 2024.
![The border collie named Floki plays footvolley, a combination of soccer and volleyball, on Leblon beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 8, 2024.](https://gdb.voanews.com/914494b7-7aa0-4463-b8a6-f45804008972_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The border collie named Floki plays footvolley, a combination of soccer and volleyball, on Leblon beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 8, 2024.