A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 20, 2024
![Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang, in white, try to break into Parliament where the Democratic Progressive Party occupied the night to avoid the passing of controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG / AFP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/e7491f28-dccc-4c0c-863c-da7d5bd852b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang, in white, try to break into Parliament where the Democratic Progressive Party occupied the night to avoid the passing of controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG / AFP)
![People react as they gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) near the Umayyad Mosque, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Ammar Awad](https://gdb.voanews.com/e3b3fa7e-c811-42aa-b356-e7727557cd39_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People react as they gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) near the Umayyad Mosque, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
![A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter](https://gdb.voanews.com/ac9aff8f-7ab9-407e-a18f-bbbb5637a40d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
![A child lays a candle following a knife attack in a primary school, in Zagreb, Croatia. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic](https://gdb.voanews.com/5199cd7a-2938-4e95-8b22-c5f73d49d385_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child lays a candle following a knife attack in a primary school, in Zagreb, Croatia. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic