A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 21, 2022
![Local residents gather outside a residential building heavily damaged during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the southern port city of Mariupol.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03cc0000-0aff-0242-9a13-08da23c0c01f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local residents gather outside a residential building heavily damaged during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the southern port city of Mariupol.
![Ukrainian soldiers collect multiple Russian missiles after recent fighting in the village of Berezivka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03cc0000-0aff-0242-86ac-08da23bc3312_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian soldiers collect multiple Russian missiles after recent fighting in the village of Berezivka.
![Children who fled the war in Ukraine, paint Easter eggs next to an entertainer dressed in a rabbit costume in a center for refugees in Bucharest, Romania.](https://gdb.voanews.com/03cc0000-0aff-0242-fc45-08da23bc3313_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children who fled the war in Ukraine, paint Easter eggs next to an entertainer dressed in a rabbit costume in a center for refugees in Bucharest, Romania.
![Streaks of light line the sky as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, as seen from Ashkelon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/04f30000-0aff-0242-97a7-08da23bb7f51_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Streaks of light line the sky as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, as seen from Ashkelon.