A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 19, 2021
![A Palestinian man drives his car, which was damaged in an Israeli airstrike, as he heads to a garage, in Gaza City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1ab9e153-b7c7-4a45-98bd-56786f8460fb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian man drives his car, which was damaged in an Israeli airstrike, as he heads to a garage, in Gaza City.
![A man visits "A Retrospective," an exhibition of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the museum Gropius Bau while COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease in Berlin, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/722e1a9a-8bfb-4d00-b125-878843995eb2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man visits "A Retrospective," an exhibition of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the museum Gropius Bau while COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease in Berlin, Germany.
![People walk in a crowded shopping street in Bordeaux, as cafes, restaurants and other businesses in France reopened after closures during the coronavirus pandemic.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8f5ca2e7-0ade-485d-885e-17ea350719d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk in a crowded shopping street in Bordeaux, as cafes, restaurants and other businesses in France reopened after closures during the coronavirus pandemic.
![Pope Francis waves before leaving after the weekly general audience, in San Damaso courtyard, at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5ae62c27-0ccc-4793-994d-c6164cd77c89_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis waves before leaving after the weekly general audience, in San Damaso courtyard, at the Vatican.