News in Pics | May 21, 2025: Best photos from around the world

Military vehicles drive their way from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border into Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 20, 2025.

A drone view shows a polluted section of the al-Ashar River running through a residential neighborhood in Basra, Iraq, April 29, 2025. Once a vibrant city crisscrossed by rivers, Basra is now grappling with environmental degradation as many of its waterways, including the al-Ashar River, have turned into stagnant sewage channels due to reduced water flow from the Shatt al-Arab and years of neglect, according to officials.

A member of the traveller community parades horses for sale at the annual Wickham Horse Fair which has been held in the Hampshire town square since 1269, in Wickham, Britain, May 20, 2025.

Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes during the funeral, at Al-Ahli Arab Baptist hospital, in Gaza City, May 20, 2025.