A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ՕՐՎԱ ԼՈՒՍԱՆԿԱՐՆԵՐ 12 օգոստոսի, 2016
![Balloonists prepare to inflate their hot air balloons on the second day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, southwest England, on August 12, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e96bd92f-7911-4ac1-8ac1-00badb7d6f8a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Balloonists prepare to inflate their hot air balloons on the second day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, southwest England, on August 12, 2016.
![Miles Gerek Meinhardt (USA) of USA competes with Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS) of Russia in a foil fencing event at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](https://gdb.voanews.com/e3992d10-e3e3-41ce-bc8c-3a3788ac9503_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Miles Gerek Meinhardt (USA) of USA competes with Artur Akhmatkhuzin (RUS) of Russia in a foil fencing event at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
![Sailors compete under the Christ the Redeemer statue at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9c87107b-cd72-4e9c-8a29-87c5acd6bf0a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sailors compete under the Christ the Redeemer statue at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
![Rescuers and medical officers push an injured person on a gurney at the site of a bomb blast in Hua Hin, south of Bangkok.](https://gdb.voanews.com/604c8be2-ff94-45b9-b908-b0d5d0fad9e6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescuers and medical officers push an injured person on a gurney at the site of a bomb blast in Hua Hin, south of Bangkok.