A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 16, 2021
![A rescuer helps a girl as they go through flooding caused by Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, southern Philippines, in this image provided by the Philippine Coast Guard.](https://gdb.voanews.com/650e7f6d-e607-4f58-8566-4b05cffa9a1a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A rescuer helps a girl as they go through flooding caused by Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, southern Philippines, in this image provided by the Philippine Coast Guard.
![Austria's Niklas Koeck speeds down the course as an airplane wake is seen in the background, during men's alpine skiing World Cup downhill training, in Val Gardena, Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/abb598ae-864b-4bbb-917e-aefa87c1775a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Austria's Niklas Koeck speeds down the course as an airplane wake is seen in the background, during men's alpine skiing World Cup downhill training, in Val Gardena, Italy.
![Thousands of people gather in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo during a nationwide strike called by the main unions to protest a government's proposed budget law.](https://gdb.voanews.com/95d04500-a54a-47c2-b968-548bf1a7ab19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thousands of people gather in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo during a nationwide strike called by the main unions to protest a government's proposed budget law.
![A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, England, following a small boat incident in the Channel.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0b0f0c2f-d098-4713-9ba7-0d6c201495ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, England, following a small boat incident in the Channel.