A look at the best news photos from around the world.
وێنەی 11 ی دەی 2021
![The words "Expect Us" are spray-painted on the base of the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park as Indigenous and environmental activists protest in front of the White House in Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/69aaaa4e-d997-4f12-9f16-f82f19b7fc8a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The words "Expect Us" are spray-painted on the base of the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park as Indigenous and environmental activists protest in front of the White House in Washington.
![Civil defense members evacuate the body of a victim killed in a car bombing in Syria's rebel-held northern city of Afrin.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7576efe4-25c5-49cc-b912-166948b918a7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Civil defense members evacuate the body of a victim killed in a car bombing in Syria's rebel-held northern city of Afrin.
![Police officers stand guard as Greenpeace activists stage a sit-in after installing an oil-splattered statue of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson by artist Hugo Farmer at Downing Street in London during a protest against the Cambo oil field project in the Shetland Islands.](https://gdb.voanews.com/76f5ab1d-666c-4437-b966-dde50fc24202_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police officers stand guard as Greenpeace activists stage a sit-in after installing an oil-splattered statue of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson by artist Hugo Farmer at Downing Street in London during a protest against the Cambo oil field project in the Shetland Islands.
![A worker cleans a lake on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9ffa9700-d20f-4886-8da1-d9373f702025_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker cleans a lake on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka.