A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 14, 2021
![A Palestinian boy pulls a cart carrying his brother and their belongings as they flee their home during Israeli air and artillery strikes, near the site of a tower building destroyed in earlier strikes in Gaza City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6b6df79d-f866-4795-af18-9e9bc1022fd1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian boy pulls a cart carrying his brother and their belongings as they flee their home during Israeli air and artillery strikes, near the site of a tower building destroyed in earlier strikes in Gaza City.
![A couple walks up a hill while clouds hang over the Olympic park in Munich, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/518a04a5-d550-4ec0-98b7-05d5f1781e42_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A couple walks up a hill while clouds hang over the Olympic park in Munich, Germany.
![Japanese skateboarder Akira Tanaka performs in the park competition during a test event at the venue for the Olympic Games, which has been rescheduled to start in July, in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7fb02330-4c45-4320-b7b2-6f53e38329ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Japanese skateboarder Akira Tanaka performs in the park competition during a test event at the venue for the Olympic Games, which has been rescheduled to start in July, in Tokyo.
![An Israeli soldier carries an artillery shell in a field next to his artillery unit near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on its Israeli side.](https://gdb.voanews.com/edb96109-ff4a-4301-b7bd-68cbca578481_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Israeli soldier carries an artillery shell in a field next to his artillery unit near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on its Israeli side.