A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 8, 2021
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Lawmakers cheer for outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center on top, in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin.
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The Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with Soyuz MS-20 space ship carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, and spaceflight passengers Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano of Japan to the International Space Station, ISS, launches at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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Villagers attempt to gather their belongings from their damaged home at Curah Kobokan village in Lumajang, Indonesia, after the Mount Semeru volcano burst and killed at least 34 people.
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A woman touches a drawing of a crying black panther during a protest against Premchai Karnasuta, President of Thailand’s largest building company, before a Supreme Court ruling on his poaching case, in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 7, 2021