A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 24, 2020
![Pitrik van der Lubbe waves from a crane to his 88-year-old father Henk, right, at a nursing home in Gouda, Netherlands. The crane was made available for free by a company to permits family members to see their loved ones in isolation because of the coronavirus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bfa0a61f-2035-44b8-a41c-8075d169e217_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pitrik van der Lubbe waves from a crane to his 88-year-old father Henk, right, at a nursing home in Gouda, Netherlands. The crane was made available for free by a company to permits family members to see their loved ones in isolation because of the coronavirus.
![A Muslim worker offers Friday prayers as he stands under vermicelli noodles used to make traditional sweet foods popular in the fasting month of Ramadan, during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, at a factory in Allahabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a1d351ce-bd33-4fbc-8133-51e3a80e0174_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Muslim worker offers Friday prayers as he stands under vermicelli noodles used to make traditional sweet foods popular in the fasting month of Ramadan, during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, at a factory in Allahabad, India.
![Empty chairs are placed in front of the Brandenburg gate to call attention to the difficult situation of hotel and restaurant owners, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/21a464b4-50c1-4b2b-a3c2-47c8d0670b66_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Empty chairs are placed in front of the Brandenburg gate to call attention to the difficult situation of hotel and restaurant owners, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany.
![A Muslim boy wearing a protective face covering looks from his home near a closed mosque on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e10b0a9e-2dde-431f-a9d9-bec1ea1ef1a2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Muslim boy wearing a protective face covering looks from his home near a closed mosque on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand.