A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 1, 2021
![A fissure is seen next to a house covered with ash on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/633c73f9-a85c-44b3-83c8-f995403a19b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fissure is seen next to a house covered with ash on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain.
![Traditional dancers in grass skirts welcome holidaymakers in Nadi as Fiji opens its borders to international travelers for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe and devastated its tourism-reliant economy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/056b7c46-5b5e-4ed2-b6dd-520ae9e49fe3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Traditional dancers in grass skirts welcome holidaymakers in Nadi as Fiji opens its borders to international travelers for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe and devastated its tourism-reliant economy.
![Medics wearing PPE are seen inside the Airbus A310-900 MRTT MedEvac Hermann Koehl of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as they prepare an airlift and transport of patients infected with the Covid-19 to other intensive care units (ICU) in the country, at Dresden International Airport, Saxony, eastern Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b67c3b77-3143-462c-83f9-204c76834d93_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Medics wearing PPE are seen inside the Airbus A310-900 MRTT MedEvac Hermann Koehl of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as they prepare an airlift and transport of patients infected with the Covid-19 to other intensive care units (ICU) in the country, at Dresden International Airport, Saxony, eastern Germany.
![Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/2af4eeb7-983f-4705-9803-2e5bfbce249e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability.