A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 23, 2019
![An Afghan child walks with balloons he is selling on a street in Kabul.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1eebb41a-365a-4928-93dc-82fe61acce96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
1
An Afghan child walks with balloons he is selling on a street in Kabul.
![Palestinian fishermen retrieve their fishing nets back from the Mediterranean sea water at sunset in Gaza City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/db96629e-873c-4604-ac7b-29f74f803e08_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
2
Palestinian fishermen retrieve their fishing nets back from the Mediterranean sea water at sunset in Gaza City.
![A Christian worshipper kisses a 14-pointed silver star, believed to be the exact spot where Jesus Christ was born, at the grotto in the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d70e39ea-6d7d-4b50-b944-1bb5872063e2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
3
A Christian worshipper kisses a 14-pointed silver star, believed to be the exact spot where Jesus Christ was born, at the grotto in the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem.
![A man checks the door of a house next to a dog standing on a footbridge over the flooded streets on the center of Guipry-Messac, western France, after La Vilaine River bursts its banks due to heavy rains.](https://gdb.voanews.com/50ea6ad7-8832-4811-81a4-579babea51e7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
4
A man checks the door of a house next to a dog standing on a footbridge over the flooded streets on the center of Guipry-Messac, western France, after La Vilaine River bursts its banks due to heavy rains.