A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 16, 2021
![A beluga whale is lowered onto a transport cart after arriving at Mystic Aquarium, May 15, 2021 in Mystic, Connecticut.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e93f465a-2475-43cc-89f1-1069646eb0eb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A beluga whale is lowered onto a transport cart after arriving at Mystic Aquarium, May 15, 2021 in Mystic, Connecticut.
![Aquarist Jeremy Simmons is watched by Marcelo Noone-Taylor as he plants corals rescued from illegal trading, in a seven-metre-long reef tank ahead of ZSL London Zoo's reopening of indoor exhibits in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/82c95b27-4848-410b-870a-e1175f875e3d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Aquarist Jeremy Simmons is watched by Marcelo Noone-Taylor as he plants corals rescued from illegal trading, in a seven-metre-long reef tank ahead of ZSL London Zoo's reopening of indoor exhibits in London.
![Performers and staff control the giant puppet 'MOCCO' designed by Noriyuki Sawa during the "Rediscover Tohoku - MOCCO's Journey from Tohoku to Tokyo" media tour at Takata Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, May 15, 2021. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/e6dd5af9-5999-4b14-98ca-1bda3e55613b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Performers and staff control the giant puppet 'MOCCO' designed by Noriyuki Sawa during the "Rediscover Tohoku - MOCCO's Journey from Tohoku to Tokyo" media tour at Takata Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, May 15, 2021.
![Early-rising visitors to Acadia National Park await the sunrise on the summit of Cadillac Mountain, near Bar Harbor, Maine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8749c203-62c5-4c4c-9ea1-c47536a1628a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Early-rising visitors to Acadia National Park await the sunrise on the summit of Cadillac Mountain, near Bar Harbor, Maine.