A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 18, 2015
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French livery drivers block traffic during "Snail Operation" at Port Maillot, one of the entries to Paris. Drivers are protesting a drop in their rates, striking out again, against what they say is unfair competition by Uber and other companies.
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Contestants perform during the dress rehearsal for the Miss World Grand Final in Sanya, southern Hainan province, China. The 65th edition of the Miss World Grand Final will kick off on Saturday.
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A crib is displayed in Luceram, southeastern France, as part of the Circuit des Creches exhibition of several hundred manger scenes depicting the Christian nativity annually displayed in the streets of the medieval mountain village, north of Nice.
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An image released Friday from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows a view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon. Earth appears to rise over the lunar horizon, with the center of the Earth just off the coast of Liberia (at 4.04 degrees North, 12.44 degrees West) in this composite image. The large tan area in the upper right is the Sahara Desert, and just beyond is Saudi Arabia.