A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 27, 2015
![Spain's Ona Carbonell performs during the synchronized swimming solo free routine preliminary at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e956e754-adbb-4419-bc30-31dcb74949fa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Spain's Ona Carbonell performs during the synchronized swimming solo free routine preliminary at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
![A riot police officer peeks through shields following a clash with protesters marching towards the parliament in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, where Philippine's President Benigno Aquino delivers his final state of the nation address.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b2b21ce4-f8f6-4624-8ad9-dfceddb9d1d6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A riot police officer peeks through shields following a clash with protesters marching towards the parliament in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, where Philippine's President Benigno Aquino delivers his final state of the nation address.
![Ukrainian artist Dariya Marchenko works on a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin named "The Face of War" which is made out of 5,000 cartridges brought from the frontline in eastern Ukraine, in Kyiv.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a1d32148-a5ff-40cf-a109-1b7d72651e1f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian artist Dariya Marchenko works on a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin named "The Face of War" which is made out of 5,000 cartridges brought from the frontline in eastern Ukraine, in Kyiv.
![Emergency services and civilians carry a serverely wounded man on a stretcher following an airstrike on Douma, a rebel-held suburb east of the Syrian capital Damascus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f1f70e88-ec3f-4d2d-8d7c-bb22692aa728_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Emergency services and civilians carry a serverely wounded man on a stretcher following an airstrike on Douma, a rebel-held suburb east of the Syrian capital Damascus.