A look at the best news photos from around the world.
1A worshiper lights candles inside the Church of Nativity, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
2Children play in a park, which is decorated with festive illumination lights, as a part of the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
3An orangutan named "Pacquiao" dressed in a Santa Claus costume joins an "Animal Christmas Party" at the Malabon zoo in suburban Malabon, north of Manila, the Philippines.
4People walk along a street decorated with festive illumination lights for the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration in central Moscow, Russia.