A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 2, 2015
![Firefighters walk along Highway 20 as the Rocky fire burns near Clear Lake, California, USA. The fire has charred more than 27,000 acres, and is currently only 5 percent contained.](https://gdb.voanews.com/edd5c821-ccc2-477a-8bed-da0608f9c13d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters walk along Highway 20 as the Rocky fire burns near Clear Lake, California, USA. The fire has charred more than 27,000 acres, and is currently only 5 percent contained.
![Spanish rider Maikel Melero performs a jump during the Malaga Freestyle motocross show at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, southern Spain, Aug. 1, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/282bc2ec-5c42-48d5-8c14-b7e61a64d920_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Spanish rider Maikel Melero performs a jump during the Malaga Freestyle motocross show at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, southern Spain, Aug. 1, 2015.
![People cool off at a water park in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Aug. 1, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/08532141-f0a9-4f70-8909-d55291a67106_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People cool off at a water park in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Aug. 1, 2015.
![A fire fighting aircraft drops water over a fire outside the village of Pedrogao Grande central Portugal. . More than 2,000 firefighters battled to contain major wildfires in the central region of the country, where one blaze killed dozens of people.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5d664be4-7f56-4f64-a908-ab9595757cfe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fire fighting aircraft drops water over a fire outside the village of Pedrogao Grande central Portugal. . More than 2,000 firefighters battled to contain major wildfires in the central region of the country, where one blaze killed dozens of people.