A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 22, 2020

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Jupiter, left, and Saturn, right, are seen during the “great conjunction” where the two planets appear a tenth of a degree apart from one another, Dec. 21, 2020, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Far-right protesters break the door to Oregon's Capitol building during a protest against restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Salem, Oregon, Dec. 21, 2020.

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Visitors wearing protective face masks walk through red-colored wooden torii gates at a shrine in Tokyo, Japan.

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Israeli police shoot a water cannon towards ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking the road during a demonstration in Jerusalem.