A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 31, 2015
![Roads intersecting drought-affected farming areas in south-eastern Australia](https://gdb.voanews.com/70a2161f-af93-4de9-bd56-515208b870be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Roads intersecting drought-affected farming areas in south-eastern Australia
![A station attendant attempts to open a door for a passenger trying to get in a train at a station in Kawasaki near Tokyo, Japan, during a morning rush hour, March 30, 2015. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/8d1b7196-15e1-4b22-b540-e8fcac795427_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A station attendant attempts to open a door for a passenger trying to get in a train at a station in Kawasaki near Tokyo, Japan, during a morning rush hour, March 30, 2015.
![This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. LDSD project will be flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, in June.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3299a9df-9cf4-42cb-8df1-83258c4a638d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. LDSD project will be flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, in June.