A look at the best news photos from around the world in 2004.
Photos of the year 2024
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Kamal Khatib, a volunteer with the Animals Lebanon rescue group, kisses kittens after rescuing them from debris of destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike, in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, light up the sky over an old grain elevator in Brant, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 7, 2024. REUTERS/Todd Korol
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Wedding dresses for sale are displayed on mannequins outside a damaged shop as displaced Palestinians make their way to flee the area following an Israeli evacuation order in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 7, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Palestinians search for survivors and bodies in the rubble of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)