A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 19, 2024

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Australian citizens are seen on board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A transport aircraft at Bauerfield International Airport in Port Vila, in a repatriation flight following the Vanuatu earthquake. (Photo by Adam ABELA / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / AFP)

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A drone view shows the Folkestone White Horse with a red nose ahead of Christmas, in Folkestone, Britain. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe

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A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume feeds a manta ray amid celebrations ahead of Christmas at the Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Patipat Janthong

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Iraqi Muslim girls, who traditionally begin wearing the hijab, a head covering worn in public at the mandatory age of nine, take part in a ceremony organized at a stadium in Basra. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)