A look at the best news photos from around the world.
17-ти февруари 2016
![A supporter of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, attempts to jump from a police vehicle after he was detained by Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, India. Dozens of supporters of Rashid were detained by police during a protest against the arrest of former Delhi University lecturer (SAR) Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani and also against the deaths of two youths in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, protesters said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5435f981-d78a-402c-bc56-34bfb444393d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, attempts to jump from a police vehicle after he was detained by Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, India. Dozens of supporters of Rashid were detained by police during a protest against the arrest of former Delhi University lecturer (SAR) Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani and also against the deaths of two youths in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, protesters said.
![A H-IIA rocket, carrying X-ray astronomy satellite "ASTRO-H", lifts off from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, in this photo taken by Kyodo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/68e0b064-4ccf-4919-8d3c-61af4ecbf485_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A H-IIA rocket, carrying X-ray astronomy satellite "ASTRO-H", lifts off from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
![A man looks at the graves in Mytilene, Greece, at a graveyard for refugees and migrants who drowned in their attempt to cross the Aegean sea from Turkey to the island of Lesbos.](https://gdb.voanews.com/af5e9c17-02a6-4600-8619-3badc0045bb1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man looks at the graves in Mytilene, Greece, at a graveyard for refugees and migrants who drowned in their attempt to cross the Aegean sea from Turkey to the island of Lesbos.
![Trucks are seen on a highway near the Kulata border crossing between Bulgaria and Greece, Bulgaria. Bulgarian truckers staged a counter-blockade at a checkpoint on the country's border with Greece, after Greek protesters failed to keep a promise to lift their own blockade for a few hours a day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c88f9e79-01c6-42f9-a1ee-fc31031d7ad9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Trucks are seen on a highway near the Kulata border crossing between Bulgaria and Greece, Bulgaria. Bulgarian truckers staged a counter-blockade at a checkpoint on the country's border with Greece, after Greek protesters failed to keep a promise to lift their own blockade for a few hours a day.