A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 24, 2015
![Cross-bearers walk through the church grounds during a Christmas Eve Mass at the Southern Cathedral, an officially-sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8464758d-05fb-4984-8a8e-45103c182ab9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cross-bearers walk through the church grounds during a Christmas Eve Mass at the Southern Cathedral, an officially-sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing, China.
![A man dressed as Santa Claus carries flares as he rides on a boat towed by swimmers, in Imperia, near Genoa, Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/42f1ae1d-4d80-4be4-881d-7e6b0785a0dc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man dressed as Santa Claus carries flares as he rides on a boat towed by swimmers, in Imperia, near Genoa, Italy.
![A man dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, gives a present to a boy on the eve of Christmas, in the burn unit of a hospital in Minsk, Belarus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/49751ca9-0b65-484c-bafe-1c6d3921d81d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, gives a present to a boy on the eve of Christmas, in the burn unit of a hospital in Minsk, Belarus.
![A man performs a fire-eating act during a street show in Baclaran, City of Paranaque, Metro Manila, the Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9cb72ca5-ca30-440e-8a10-0f38b6ba75cd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man performs a fire-eating act during a street show in Baclaran, City of Paranaque, Metro Manila, the Philippines.