A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 13, 2021
![A man talks on the phone while walking in an empty street in the financial district, known as The City, in London. Many people will re-start working from home as the British government warns the rapid spread of omicron "adds additional and rapidly increasing risk to the public and health care services."](https://gdb.voanews.com/6bf4ec70-e820-4bb5-955e-093fcb67a19c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man talks on the phone while walking in an empty street in the financial district, known as The City, in London. Many people will re-start working from home as the British government warns the rapid spread of omicron "adds additional and rapidly increasing risk to the public and health care services."
![People queue in a line for coronavirus booster jabs at St. Thomas' Hospital, in London.](https://gdb.voanews.com/07af38ce-8662-443c-af05-bc72f5da6a03_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People queue in a line for coronavirus booster jabs at St. Thomas' Hospital, in London.
![A woman living in the Vlakfontein informal settlement outside Johannesburg, South Africa, shuts her window during a rainstorm.](https://gdb.voanews.com/36fa4b11-b772-44c2-bbec-1e954d65bd8c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman living in the Vlakfontein informal settlement outside Johannesburg, South Africa, shuts her window during a rainstorm.
![A Palestinian gunman fires into the air during scuffles between Palestinian security forces and local militants during the funeral procession of Jamil Kayyal, 31, who was killed in clashes with Israeli forces, in the West Bank city of Nablus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5f84ced3-7b64-453b-bf43-0545fa786abb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian gunman fires into the air during scuffles between Palestinian security forces and local militants during the funeral procession of Jamil Kayyal, 31, who was killed in clashes with Israeli forces, in the West Bank city of Nablus.