A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 9, 2021
![An announcement is attached to the fence of Buckingham Palace stating that Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, has died at the age of 99, in London, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/22b0130b-3363-46a0-8427-f042210d4206_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An announcement is attached to the fence of Buckingham Palace stating that Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, has died at the age of 99, in London, Britain.
![A Somali boy covers his face with sand at the Liido Beach during the last Friday ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu, Somalia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e10c9d75-5164-4cc4-9c16-760185f0f7cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Somali boy covers his face with sand at the Liido Beach during the last Friday ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu, Somalia.
![Policemen hold effigys of demons representing COVID-19 during an awareness campaign along a street in Chennai, as India surged past 13 million coronavirus cases.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6e692357-ce94-425e-894c-caaccbaa6632_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Policemen hold effigys of demons representing COVID-19 during an awareness campaign along a street in Chennai, as India surged past 13 million coronavirus cases.
![A tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in London, after the announcement of the duke's death.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2fdcd6c7-a88f-4dad-8663-393c2728bb7f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in London, after the announcement of the duke's death.