A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 12, 2024
![Revelers take part in mass water fights on the eve of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-e106-08dc5b11fc19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Revelers take part in mass water fights on the eve of Songkran, or Thai New Year, on Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand.
![Palestinian journalist Sami Shehada, wounded in an Israeli strike, lies on the floor at Al-Aqsa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-b6b9-08dc5b12069a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian journalist Sami Shehada, wounded in an Israeli strike, lies on the floor at Al-Aqsa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
![James Bowen, riding Bill Baxter, falls during a race at the Grand National Festival inside Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-8eee-08dc5b120602_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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James Bowen, riding Bill Baxter, falls during a race at the Grand National Festival inside Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, Britain.
![A woman walks past a mural along a a street in New Delhi, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-d7b0-08dc5b11fc26_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks past a mural along a a street in New Delhi, India.