A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 21, 2016
![Customers watch android robot "Aiko Chihira" at the reception of Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3fc6025c-5020-4aa9-b1fc-95c27941f669_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Customers watch android robot "Aiko Chihira" at the reception of Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo.
![A dead fish lies on a dried up part of Osman Sagar lake on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India. Severe drought like conditions are affecting millions of people spread over 12 states across the country.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2ee28d16-7cd6-49ce-b185-5cc250713e9c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dead fish lies on a dried up part of Osman Sagar lake on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India. Severe drought like conditions are affecting millions of people spread over 12 states across the country.
![A dancer dressed as a priestess lights the Olympic flame with a parabolic mirror during the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/38b07f2b-1737-4c1c-8dbd-700f02ee2b7c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dancer dressed as a priestess lights the Olympic flame with a parabolic mirror during the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia, Greece.
![Olympic flame first torch bearer, Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias (R) passes the torch to the second bearer, former volleyball player Giovane Gavio from Brazil, as they attend the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on the site of ancient Olympia, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/97706057-3476-481a-84d8-a2201b44d94e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Olympic flame first torch bearer, Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias (R) passes the torch to the second bearer, former volleyball player Giovane Gavio from Brazil, as they attend the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on the site of ancient Olympia, Greece.