A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 23, 2024
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Researchers stand behind glass fencing as they show the carcass of a baby mammoth, which is estimated to be over 50,000 years old and was found in the Siberian permafrost in the Batagaika crater in the Verkhoyansky district of Yakutia, in the laboratory of the Mammoth Museum at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia. REUTERS/Roman Kutukov
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Choristers light candles during a rehearsal for Christmas services at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Britain. St. Paul's choir includes girls for the first time in its 900-year history. REUTERS/Jaimi Jo
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A woman reads messages written on broken heart cutouts for the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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A diver dressed as Santa Claus waves to visitors during a Christmas-themed underwater show at Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)