A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 1, 2015
![First graders take part in a ceremony to mark the start of a school year in Kyic, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0c88bc68-671b-4881-a772-59894ceab9b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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First graders take part in a ceremony to mark the start of a school year in Kyic, Ukraine.
![A woman salvages a mattress from a pile of furniture left in a street of the popular downtown district of Hillbrow, South Africa, following an eviction of an occupied building.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3723175a-3efd-41b5-8a82-d473f83b8f4b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman salvages a mattress from a pile of furniture left in a street of the popular downtown district of Hillbrow, South Africa, following an eviction of an occupied building.
![Indonesian trade union supporters march towards the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to protest against job cuts and call for higher wages.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ec0c72c9-fa84-4082-80bd-06c8fbb32c0e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indonesian trade union supporters march towards the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to protest against job cuts and call for higher wages.
![Earth's thin atmosphere stands out against the blackness of space in this photo shared by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on board the International Space Station.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c43b1d10-300b-4d14-810c-93309bf23a4f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Earth's thin atmosphere stands out against the blackness of space in this photo shared by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on board the International Space Station.