A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 19, 2024
![Illegally dumped commercial waste covers Hoad's Wood, a 199-acre site of protected ancient woodland that has seen industrial-scale illegal dumping reaching heights of 12 feet, in Ashford, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-ebac-08dc60996a05_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
5
Illegally dumped commercial waste covers Hoad's Wood, a 199-acre site of protected ancient woodland that has seen industrial-scale illegal dumping reaching heights of 12 feet, in Ashford, Britain.
![A displaced Palestinian stands at the entrance of a tent set up amid the rubble of a building damaged during Israeli bombardment in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-8baa-08dc609870ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
6
A displaced Palestinian stands at the entrance of a tent set up amid the rubble of a building damaged during Israeli bombardment in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip.
![People visit a moss phlox garden in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-ee2e-08dc609879c4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
7
People visit a moss phlox garden in Tokyo.
![An athlete performs during the freestyle competition of the fifth FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in Macau on April 19, 2024.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-bb03-08dc60987f19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
8
An athlete performs during the freestyle competition of the fifth FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in Macau on April 19, 2024.