A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 25, 2024
![Former South African finance minister, Des van Rooyen, reacts ahead of his swearing-in ceremony as a member of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party into the South African parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-24a7-08dc952fa903_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former South African finance minister, Des van Rooyen, reacts ahead of his swearing-in ceremony as a member of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party into the South African parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.
![An American soldier stands guard with a dog at Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-d866-08dc95319c38_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An American soldier stands guard with a dog at Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip.
![Britain's King Charles with Emperor Naruhito of Japan arrives at Buckingham Palace, London, during Emperor Naruhito's state visit to Britain, June 25, 2024.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-dc08-08dc952faf77_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britain's King Charles with Emperor Naruhito of Japan arrives at Buckingham Palace, London, during Emperor Naruhito's state visit to Britain, June 25, 2024.
![People gather to fill up their water containers from a truck loaded with water cisterns in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-5e4a-08dc952fa00d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather to fill up their water containers from a truck loaded with water cisterns in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.