A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 20, 2023
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Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip.
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Supporters place signs of hostages who are held by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on the wall of a damaged house, as they visit Kibbutz Beeri, Israel, to demand their immediate release.
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Ma Chengyun mourns for his daughter-in-law, who was killed in the earthquake in Yangwa village near Dahejia town, in northwestern China's Gansu province. A strong overnight earthquake rattled the mountainous area, officials said, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing many in the nation's deadliest quake in nine years.
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Scientists from the University of Iceland take measurements and samples standing on the ridge in front of the active part of the eruptive fissure of an active volcano in Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, Dec. 19, 2023.