A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 21, 2015
![Children gather around a statue of late South African President Nelson Mandela next to blankets collected for the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day project at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/777a1680-96a6-41c4-9b0e-04d24ffc7ca0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children gather around a statue of late South African President Nelson Mandela next to blankets collected for the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day project at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
![Tourists take pictures of a floral arrangement depicting Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Keukenhof, a spring park with approximately seven million flower bulbs, in Lisse, Netherlands.](https://gdb.voanews.com/354fe7a7-6451-4994-bb92-0146207b1eac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tourists take pictures of a floral arrangement depicting Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Keukenhof, a spring park with approximately seven million flower bulbs, in Lisse, Netherlands.
![A Malaysian couple poses for pictures amid a forest of LED lights at an amusement park in Kuala Lumpur.](https://gdb.voanews.com/172626b2-3bfc-429b-9201-74e50dff63b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Malaysian couple poses for pictures amid a forest of LED lights at an amusement park in Kuala Lumpur.
![View of the Villarrica volcano taken from Pucon, 800 kilometers south of Santiago, showing signs of activity.](https://gdb.voanews.com/464d4a99-5448-4760-be18-d6e72538e651_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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View of the Villarrica volcano taken from Pucon, 800 kilometers south of Santiago, showing signs of activity.