A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 20, 2016
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Christian militia fighters from the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) drive a pick-up truck in Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), transporting four men, allegedly members of the Islamic State (IS) group that were found inside a tunnel in Mosul, Iraq.
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A Congolese protester lies on the ground after police opened fire with rubber bullets during a protest outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Embassy in defiance of their President, Joseph Kabila, in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Police cover a body after a shooting outside an Islamic center in central Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 19, 2016.
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This composite image, made from ten frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, in silhouette as it transits the sun at roughly five miles per second, from Newbury Park, California, Dec. 17, 2016.