A look at the best news photos from around the world in 2004.
Photos of the year 2024
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Volunteers use flour to clean birds following an oil spill which was caused by an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, in the village of Vityazevo near the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia, Dec. 20, 2024. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov
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Fayza Hider, whose son was in Sednaya prison since 2013, which was known as a slaughterhouse under Syria's Bashar al-Assad's rule, reacts while she searches for her son there, in Sednaya, Dec. 16, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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People celebrate after hearing the news that South Korea's parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul, Dec. 14, 2024. The signs read 'Punish the rebellion leader Yoon Suk Yeol.' Parliament has impeached Yoon over his martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon’s fate. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Syrian opposition fighters celebrate the fall of the Syrian government, in Damascus, Dec. 8, 2024. The Syrian government fell in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)