A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 21, 2019
![A visitor takes a smartphone picture of the painting 'Equestrian portrait of King Philipp II (Michael Jackson)' from US artist Kehinde Wiley at a preview of the exhibition 'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the Bundeskunsthalle museum in Bonn, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/048045ae-9097-4263-b5cd-dff55316254d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A visitor takes a smartphone picture of the painting 'Equestrian portrait of King Philipp II (Michael Jackson)' from US artist Kehinde Wiley at a preview of the exhibition 'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the Bundeskunsthalle museum in Bonn, Germany.
![A reveler rides a horse as he holds a city flag during a parade as part of Newroz celebrations, an ancient holiday marking the spring equinox, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/519e7bb1-44c4-4665-b231-ab3feccd8d96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A reveler rides a horse as he holds a city flag during a parade as part of Newroz celebrations, an ancient holiday marking the spring equinox, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
![People gather to celebrate Newroz, marking the arrival of spring and the new year, in Diyarbakir, Turkey.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fb553179-8949-4547-be87-bc80815bdb3f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather to celebrate Newroz, marking the arrival of spring and the new year, in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
![Thai-German national David Pfizenmaier walks through a traffic intersection holding a sign encouraging Thais to vote in the upcoming election in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/658b5733-72e9-4969-a564-a992d8492cd6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thai-German national David Pfizenmaier walks through a traffic intersection holding a sign encouraging Thais to vote in the upcoming election in Bangkok, Thailand.
![A woman reacts after the verdict on former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic's appeal of his 40-year sentence for war crimes, in the Memorial center Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 20, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/357ac808-3616-4f23-a39e-5fb09331d609_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman reacts after the verdict on former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic's appeal of his 40-year sentence for war crimes, in the Memorial center Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 20, 2019.
![Russia's Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov are seen in action during the Pairs Free Skating at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f35b8a91-2e61-4030-9c3d-89e378a75642_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia's Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov are seen in action during the Pairs Free Skating at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
![Colorful hand-painted eggs arranged within larger egg-shaped structures are on display in the park of the Baroque Castle as part of the Easter decorations in Ludwigsburg, southern Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4e6e44a-fff5-4f1d-85bf-5dff67fe5959_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Colorful hand-painted eggs arranged within larger egg-shaped structures are on display in the park of the Baroque Castle as part of the Easter decorations in Ludwigsburg, southern Germany.
![An Indian artist dressed as Lord Hanuman performs traditional folk dance during Holi festival celebrations at a temple in Amritsar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2f088755-bb23-44a1-981d-99511f40dc79_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian artist dressed as Lord Hanuman performs traditional folk dance during Holi festival celebrations at a temple in Amritsar.
![A tuktuk drives past people waiting for buses at a bus stop in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/febd6956-f3d1-410b-8189-b74ac372d47a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A tuktuk drives past people waiting for buses at a bus stop in Bangkok, Thailand.
![Louis, a concierge of the Hotel Martinez, poses in the spiral staircase of the palace, on the riviera city of Cannes, southern France, March 20, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/66c8349b-94ba-4710-b68c-e7f9e3ea976c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Louis, a concierge of the Hotel Martinez, poses in the spiral staircase of the palace, on the riviera city of Cannes, southern France, March 20, 2019.
![A full moon rises next to the ancient castle of Mithymna Molyvos on the Greek island of Lesbos on March 20, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bcee1173-bc18-4059-8dc5-63ad815a8ff4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A full moon rises next to the ancient castle of Mithymna Molyvos on the Greek island of Lesbos on March 20, 2019.