A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 21, 2015
![Members of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire during a Royal Salute to celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in Hyde Park in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d0f7e457-672e-4be0-84f5-de1b0d35fe10_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire during a Royal Salute to celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in Hyde Park in London.
![A man washes his face outside a shelter for displaced foreigners in east Johannesburg, South Africa. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/9776b846-301a-4b27-94da-0f892a2dc687_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man washes his face outside a shelter for displaced foreigners in east Johannesburg, South Africa.
![A cat lies on a chair in the first cat cafe in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Already popular in Tokyo, cat cafes allow customers who cannot have a pet at home to enjoy a cup of coffee with a cat perched on their knees.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d4354ad9-7455-4464-9aaa-142d20a47919_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A cat lies on a chair in the first cat cafe in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Already popular in Tokyo, cat cafes allow customers who cannot have a pet at home to enjoy a cup of coffee with a cat perched on their knees.
![A tourist is seen in a reflection off the facade of a shopping mall at the Marina Bay Sands, which is a popular tourist spot with hotels, shopping, and casinos in Singapore.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b2f7e710-6190-44b9-90fa-c8d48286000a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A tourist is seen in a reflection off the facade of a shopping mall at the Marina Bay Sands, which is a popular tourist spot with hotels, shopping, and casinos in Singapore.