A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 26, 2021
![Milieudefensie director Donald Pols, holding a copy of the verdict, celebrates the outcome in the court case of Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of the Friends of the Earth environmental organization, against Shell in The Hague, Netherlands](https://gdb.voanews.com/c084f199-afc3-4db8-95d5-4888b3efdbcb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Milieudefensie director Donald Pols, holding a copy of the verdict, celebrates the outcome in the court case of Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of the Friends of the Earth environmental organization, against Shell in The Hague, Netherlands
![People look at a crack on the road caused by earth tremors as aftershocks following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86bed9f5-cae0-41af-a0d6-bfa6cf8c7061_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People look at a crack on the road caused by earth tremors as aftershocks following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
![Palestinian members of Gaza's Bar Woolf sports team perform with fire on the ruins of a building destroyed in recent Israeli airstrikes, in Beit Lahia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2dff4e67-aa20-4959-bd9d-767bb034a8bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian members of Gaza's Bar Woolf sports team perform with fire on the ruins of a building destroyed in recent Israeli airstrikes, in Beit Lahia.
![People ride on a bus as they head to a polling station to cast their vote, during the presidential elections, in Damascus, Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fb4d3153-a6c5-4070-8105-d4123c7438bc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People ride on a bus as they head to a polling station to cast their vote, during the presidential elections, in Damascus, Syria.