A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 23, 2021
![Leonan Pereira da Silva plays the part of Black Santa during a food donation event for people living in the Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f397c0af-9974-4feb-90c9-8cbce92c10cd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Leonan Pereira da Silva plays the part of Black Santa during a food donation event for people living in the Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
![This image fro above shows the bursting Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion.](https://gdb.voanews.com/704c10ae-054f-4fab-9251-9372d61dca73_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This image fro above shows the bursting Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
![Amelie and Ludo Khayat hold each other during a visit at the COVID-19 intensive care unit of the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France. Ludo, 41, is recovering from spending 24 days in a coma and on a ventilator in a COVID-19 intensive care unit. Amelie began visiting her husband daily after he started to test negative for the virus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6909411d-c43c-4ca8-a0a9-ff7cbf171cc6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Amelie and Ludo Khayat hold each other during a visit at the COVID-19 intensive care unit of the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France. Ludo, 41, is recovering from spending 24 days in a coma and on a ventilator in a COVID-19 intensive care unit. Amelie began visiting her husband daily after he started to test negative for the virus.
![Binax Covid-19 testing kits are handed out in the Bensonhurst section of the Brooklyn area of New York City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c829445d-75bb-4e88-a4f7-73391f7b8e26_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Binax Covid-19 testing kits are handed out in the Bensonhurst section of the Brooklyn area of New York City.