A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 19, 2017
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Meerkats chill under a heating lamp in their enclosure in the Opel zoo in Kronberg near Frankfurt, Germany.
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Surfer Joel Parkinson competes during the Billabong Pipe Masters at the Banzai Pipeline in Pupukea on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a press statement after the opening of a memorial site in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 to honor the victims of the Christmas market terrorist attack on the Breitscheid square at the Kaiser Wilhelm Mem
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A South Korean Marine aims his rifle on a snowy hill during a joint winter drill with US Marines in Pyeongchang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul.