A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 16, 2024

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Smoke billows after people looted and set fire at the Najha military housing complex in southeast Damascus, Syria. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv.
(Stoyan Nenov/Pool Photo via AP)

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A worker checks on a production line of high-end threads in a factory in Zaozhuang, eastern China's Shandong province, Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

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A farmer checks mustard flowers in a field on the outskirts of Ajmer, India, Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo by Himanshu SHARMA / AFP)