A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 21, 2021
![Palestinian children wave green flags as they stand on the rubble of a destroyed building while celebrating the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/631a5a55-9230-440f-b432-e0ee4e645e8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian children wave green flags as they stand on the rubble of a destroyed building while celebrating the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza City.
![Taiji practitioners, some wearing masks, go through their routine in Beijing.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e7601995-fbe9-4a20-8469-0f56c3b69c6f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Taiji practitioners, some wearing masks, go through their routine in Beijing.
![An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank at a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, after a cease-fire took effect.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2bb26b90-d72e-4f81-9307-c37595145849_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank at a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, after a cease-fire took effect.
![A dog that has been trained to sniff out the coronavirus disease screens a sweat sample at Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9ecf5e57-2127-41e9-99a3-8676a503cf4b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dog that has been trained to sniff out the coronavirus disease screens a sweat sample at Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand.