A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 16, 2014

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Masked Spanish police officers lead a detained woman in Melilla. Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested seven people in an ongoing joint sweep of suspected efforts to recruit women to go to Syria and Iraq to support Islamic State insurgents, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.

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People stand in the mist as they look at a replica of the casino along the Promenade jetty as part of the Christmas holiday illuminations in Nice, France.

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Acid attack survivors participate in a candlelight vigil protesting violence against women as they mark the second anniversary of the deadly gang rape of a student on a bus, in New Delhi, India.

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A swan glides across the waters of Eastchester Bay as the sun sets behind Manhattan, New York, Dec. 15, 2014.