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Gallery: The best photos from around the world

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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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A flotilla of friends from Biddeford, Maine, raft down the Saco River at Bar Mills in Buxton, Maine. Photo: AP

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Mclaren driver Fernando Alonso of Spain, top, goes over the top of Sauber driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco as they are involved in a crash at the start of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.Photo: AP

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A man marks his ballot as his dog waits behind him during a nationwide referendum that seeks to curb corruption in Bogota, Colombia.Photo: AP

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Members of Paraguay's Bolivian community perform in costume during a street procession in honor of Our Lady of Urkupina, in Asuncion, Paraguay.Photo: AP

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China's Wang Jianan competes in the men's long jump final during the athletics competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.Photo: AP

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Rohingya children stand next to a bamboo fence overlooking an expanse of makeshift bamboo and tarp shelters at Kutupalong refugee camp, where they have been living amid uncertainty over their future after they fled Myanmar to escape violence a year ago, in Bangladesh.Photo: AP

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A hostess stands at the entrance of the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound before the meeting between Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and Peruvian Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio, in Beijing.Photo: AP

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Evelyn Pio, 5, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, plays in the Dilworth Plaza water fountains, in Philadelphia.Photo: Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer

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A woman carries a child on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Photo: Bloomberg

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Flags flying a half-staff in honor of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., frame the U.S. Capital at daybreak in Washington. McCain, 81, died at his ranch in Arizona after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. Photo: AP