A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 24, 2021
![A negative SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test used to detect the Covid-19 coronavirus hangs on a Christmas tree in Lausanne, Switzerland..](https://gdb.voanews.com/2d620399-731b-4910-958f-9ccad40d393e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A negative SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test used to detect the Covid-19 coronavirus hangs on a Christmas tree in Lausanne, Switzerland..
![Mahouts and their elephants pose for children during Christmas celebrations at the Jirasart Witthaya school in Ayutthaya, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c65c57b9-d845-416a-bd7a-b7792180b5d3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mahouts and their elephants pose for children during Christmas celebrations at the Jirasart Witthaya school in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
![Freedivers dressed in Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) costumes pose for a picture while submerged under water off the coast of Lebanon's northern city of Batroun on Christmas eve.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cfc1470f-88b0-4639-b7a9-0e0496993742_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Freedivers dressed in Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) costumes pose for a picture while submerged under water off the coast of Lebanon's northern city of Batroun on Christmas eve.
![A patient at reads "Olaf's Night Before Christmas" with first lady Jill Biden as President Joe Biden listens at Children's National Hospital in Washington, Dec. 24, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bd727923-7376-4da9-b2ac-619c18149224_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A patient at reads "Olaf's Night Before Christmas" with first lady Jill Biden as President Joe Biden listens at Children's National Hospital in Washington, Dec. 24, 2021.