A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 24, 2019
![Participants and bird owners wait for the start of the merbok (zebra dove) bird singing competition at the Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club in Singapore, June 23, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/82e210f1-60cd-4f76-8061-6a85e0689edb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants and bird owners wait for the start of the merbok (zebra dove) bird singing competition at the Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club in Singapore, June 23, 2019.
![Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins supporters of Toronto's LGBTQ community as they march in one of North America's largest Pride parades, in Toronto, Ontario, June 23, 3019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/15605e9d-49b4-4703-9670-e636095e068b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins supporters of Toronto's LGBTQ community as they march in one of North America's largest Pride parades, in Toronto, Ontario, June 23, 3019.
![People watch fireworks and a brig with scarlet sails floating on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1b9e520e-2997-477d-89a5-bfaa396cb27a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People watch fireworks and a brig with scarlet sails floating on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
![A horse rears in the crowd during the traditional Sant Joan (Saint John) festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Minorca, Spain, June 23, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8170f467-0f76-4425-bd80-616a2761b1d7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A horse rears in the crowd during the traditional Sant Joan (Saint John) festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Minorca, Spain, June 23, 2019.