A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 20, 2024

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Macau’s new Chief Executive Sam Hou-fai is sworn in by China’s President Xi Jinping during an inauguration ceremony as part of 25th anniversary handover celebrations in Macau. Justin Chan/Pool via REUTERS

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A boy carries a roofing sheet on the beach in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, in Passamainty, Mayotte. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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Volunteers clean a bird following an oil spill caused by an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, in the village of Vityazevo near the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

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A man sets up a Christmas tree amidst the rubble of the Melkite Church, which was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Oct. 9, in the southern Lebanese village of Derdghaya. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)