A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 23, 2014
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Pied avocets fly over the Lake Boyang in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China.
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Yemenis gather at the scene of a bomb explosion that targeted the house of a member of the Shi'ite Huthi movement in the capital Sana'a. Five small bombs hit the center of the capital, mostly controlled by Shi'ite militiamen since September, killing at least one of them and wounding two others, a medic said.
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Paper lanterns are released as a part of Christmas festivities in Zagreb, Croatia, Dec. 22, 2014.
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A protester argues with police in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv. Lawmakers in the government-controlled chamber overwhelmingly adopted a bill dropping the country's non-aligned status - a classification given to states such as Switzerland which refuse to join military alliances and thus play no part in wars.