A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 6, 2015
![The moon rises over the New York City skyline seen from West Orange, New Jersey, April 5, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9b79ab09-0a6e-4337-a540-05fa5b187326_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The moon rises over the New York City skyline seen from West Orange, New Jersey, April 5, 2015.
![A young Slovak dressed in traditional costume (C) throws a bucket of water over a girl as part of Easter celebration in the village of Trencianska Tepla, northwestern Slovakia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/08098d9e-7cae-40d7-b93f-6a03f6f4a894_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young Slovak dressed in traditional costume (C) throws a bucket of water over a girl as part of Easter celebration in the village of Trencianska Tepla, northwestern Slovakia.
![Jewish men draped in prayer shawls read from the Torah scrolls as they perform the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Pesach (Passover) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.](https://gdb.voanews.com/841630e9-17f2-449e-ab73-89904b8e217e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jewish men draped in prayer shawls read from the Torah scrolls as they perform the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Pesach (Passover) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
![Boys in traditional dresses symbolically beat a girl (L) with small whips during a traditional Easter festivity on Easter Monday in the village of Vlcnov in the southeastern region of the Czech Republic. The whipping of girls on Easter Monday is a tradition that is not intended to cause suffering and a part of the UNESCO Cultural Heritage named Ride of the Kings.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b59e7bba-6a5e-4b1e-8be4-24d90b5250bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys in traditional dresses symbolically beat a girl (L) with small whips during a traditional Easter festivity on Easter Monday in the village of Vlcnov in the southeastern region of the Czech Republic. The whipping of girls on Easter Monday is a tradition that is not intended to cause suffering and a part of the UNESCO Cultural Heritage named Ride of the Kings.