A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 1, 2015
![The red ribbon, the international symbol for AIDS awareness highlighted on the skyscrapers on Arbat street during a campaign to mark World AIDS Day in Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/14ffd722-9801-4f11-996e-530cc9e12761_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The red ribbon, the international symbol for AIDS awareness highlighted on the skyscrapers on Arbat street during a campaign to mark World AIDS Day in Moscow, Russia.
![Nepalese women and children from “Maiti Nepal”, a rehabilitation center for victims of sex trafficking, light candles on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ec55e01e-70a1-498f-af04-226306f0438c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nepalese women and children from “Maiti Nepal”, a rehabilitation center for victims of sex trafficking, light candles on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2015.
![A Lebanese policeman, center, who was kidnapped by Nusra Front, hugs his mother, left, upon his arrival at the government palace, in Beirut. Syria's al-Qaida branch released a group of Lebanese troops held captive for over a year as part of a Qatar-brokered swap that involved Lebanon setting free at least 11 prisoners wanted by the militants, including a former wife of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/500d982e-16e9-4ba9-ac07-81b23ee68dda_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Lebanese policeman, center, who was kidnapped by Nusra Front, hugs his mother, left, upon his arrival at the government palace, in Beirut. Syria's al-Qaida branch released a group of Lebanese troops held captive for over a year as part of a Qatar-brokered swap that involved Lebanon setting free at least 11 prisoners wanted by the militants, including a former wife of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
![Visitors use mobile phones to take pictures and videos of a flag raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square amid heavy smog in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c1a91f5a-1db2-4cf6-ae11-d8519f94ea5e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors use mobile phones to take pictures and videos of a flag raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square amid heavy smog in Beijing, China.