A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 23, 2016
![A farmer guides his cows as they pull a cart loaded with hay in his paddy field in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/931337d8-0800-47fb-9fac-8a5f672dded3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A farmer guides his cows as they pull a cart loaded with hay in his paddy field in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
![Young Chinese ice skaters wearing traditional costumes perform at a Christmas event "The Song of Joy on Ice" at a shopping mall in Beijing.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6787891f-4524-44cc-8a97-b7bbe0fa06e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Young Chinese ice skaters wearing traditional costumes perform at a Christmas event "The Song of Joy on Ice" at a shopping mall in Beijing.
![Indian children run over an incomplete model of a large male figure based on the character Lemuel Gulliver from the classic novel Gulliver's Travels, which was being used to teach youths about bodily functions, and had been receiving foreign funds for its completion, at the Navsarjan Trust's centre in Nani Devti village near Ahmedabad, Dec. 23, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4f078ad5-5e73-442c-add7-ec90ceaddbc3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indian children run over an incomplete model of a large male figure based on the character Lemuel Gulliver from the classic novel Gulliver's Travels, which was being used to teach youths about bodily functions, and had been receiving foreign funds for its completion, at the Navsarjan Trust's centre in Nani Devti village near Ahmedabad, Dec. 23, 2016.
![An Indian farmer walks in his field enveloped by thick fog near Hisar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bb4190ed-439b-42f9-92a0-b66599c27360_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian farmer walks in his field enveloped by thick fog near Hisar.