A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 20, 2023
![SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, explodes after its launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief unpiloted test flight near Brownsville, Texas. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/0729f3ed-e542-452e-b4ab-0b2bc5f93d9d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, explodes after its launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief unpiloted test flight near Brownsville, Texas.
![Shiites observe the crescent moon to decide the start of the 10th Islamic month of Shawwal, which marks the end of a month-long fasting of Ramadan and the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr festival in Najaf, Iraq.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-91a3-08db41c7e826_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shiites observe the crescent moon to decide the start of the 10th Islamic month of Shawwal, which marks the end of a month-long fasting of Ramadan and the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr festival in Najaf, Iraq.
![A total solar eclipse is seen in Exmouth, Western Australia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-86af-08db41c9c3cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A total solar eclipse is seen in Exmouth, Western Australia.
![People are seen at the toll plaza of Padma Bridge as they leave Dhaka to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at home with family, in Munshiganj, Bangladesh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-1ef9-08db41c7eeec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People are seen at the toll plaza of Padma Bridge as they leave Dhaka to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at home with family, in Munshiganj, Bangladesh.