A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 2, 2020
![People are seen on a road blanketed with volcanic ash from the erupting Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java Province, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9df85d09-f5db-4ad9-ae5e-e349d8e77355_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People are seen on a road blanketed with volcanic ash from the erupting Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java Province, Indonesia.
![A fisherman sits on the top of a boat after pulling it back to land as the Cyclone Burevi is expected to near the coast of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3ae34c55-3934-4dfc-b37d-f8d25c4c0760_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fisherman sits on the top of a boat after pulling it back to land as the Cyclone Burevi is expected to near the coast of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
![Pallbearers, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry the coffin of a patient who died from the COVID-19, inside a church in Athens, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8fb67cca-f6a2-4a52-bc59-eba0e217aea5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pallbearers, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry the coffin of a patient who died from the COVID-19, inside a church in Athens, Greece.
![A shepherd leads his herd of sheep and goats on a hilltop during sunset on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/51aefd6d-8adf-4935-a442-473259cb09df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A shepherd leads his herd of sheep and goats on a hilltop during sunset on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan.