A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 22, 2021
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a European Union meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
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A city worker sprays disinfectant as mask-wearing Iranians gather in a religious building in the capital Tehran to perform the Friday prayers, for the first time since officials eased some restrictions put in place for over a year in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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A potter makes lamps ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India.
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Graves and crosses are seen at the Yastrebkovskoe cemetery, which serves as one of the burial grounds for those who died of COVID-19, outside Moscow, Russia.