A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 21, 2018
![A man walks through a Christmas illuminated sculpture at the Stavros Niarhos cultural center in Athens, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/63130f7f-e18d-4eba-ac77-8504650ba8b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
9
A man walks through a Christmas illuminated sculpture at the Stavros Niarhos cultural center in Athens, Greece.
![Confiscated European eels (Anguilla anguilla) are pictured during a news conference at the Customs of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b6f8aaae-c44c-4ba5-8895-42f490557c2a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
10
Confiscated European eels (Anguilla anguilla) are pictured during a news conference at the Customs of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.
![A seagull rests on a wall overlooking Rome's Via Dei Fori Imperiali Avenue with the Colosseum in background, in Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/36e19e76-ff90-4e1a-b055-a66479d6ecac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
11
A seagull rests on a wall overlooking Rome's Via Dei Fori Imperiali Avenue with the Colosseum in background, in Italy.