A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 17, 2021
![A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint on a street in Kabul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80a8c4b9-4e32-4b66-bffa-7b664e93297a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint on a street in Kabul.
![Roger Stone, former U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign adviser, gestures as he leaves the O'Neill House Office Building, following his deposition before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/010c8661-47a0-47a0-affa-af10ba1bbe7c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Roger Stone, former U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign adviser, gestures as he leaves the O'Neill House Office Building, following his deposition before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington.
![The twin steeples of the Basilica of St. Fidelis is silhouetted against the rising sun in Victoria, Kansas.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fa265fd5-5664-4113-a220-826ad45a864a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The twin steeples of the Basilica of St. Fidelis is silhouetted against the rising sun in Victoria, Kansas.
![Residents walk past downed electric pylons in Talisay town, Cebu province, a day after Super Typhoon Rai pummeled the southern and central regions of the Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e8611d4e-4cfb-4b95-8bce-c1420fd52a4c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents walk past downed electric pylons in Talisay town, Cebu province, a day after Super Typhoon Rai pummeled the southern and central regions of the Philippines.