A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 22, 2017
![An official uses a telescope to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Putrajaya, Malaysia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/78b23ed1-8a8c-4ce2-b19c-c26e267d4aee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An official uses a telescope to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
![Relatives of Zakaria al-Kafarneh, who was killed during clashes with Israeli troops, mourn during his funeral in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0d7208b7-56d8-408f-91ff-c05c45ed3c68_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Relatives of Zakaria al-Kafarneh, who was killed during clashes with Israeli troops, mourn during his funeral in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
![U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a document during an event to sign the Tax Cut and Reform Bill in the Oval Office at The White House in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fecfed84-a813-488d-92fe-48c9b4c0a64d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a document during an event to sign the Tax Cut and Reform Bill in the Oval Office at The White House in Washington, D.C.
![A Catalan flag hangs from a Catalan government building in Girona, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/02acbfe7-0f3e-456b-bae7-79884b6359f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Catalan flag hangs from a Catalan government building in Girona, Spain.