A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 8, 2020
![People walk past the Colosseum monument in Rome, reflected in a pool of water following heavy rains.](https://gdb.voanews.com/14da562e-ce73-4e69-b546-015fb0903d5e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk past the Colosseum monument in Rome, reflected in a pool of water following heavy rains.
![Margaret Keenan, 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, at University Hospital, Coventry, England.](https://gdb.voanews.com/79a9e2cb-78be-4e82-868e-266d0ee0ffb3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Margaret Keenan, 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, at University Hospital, Coventry, England.
![Firefighters work the scene of a deadly explosion that leveled a home in Omaha, Nebraska.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd9904fd-a17e-46c9-93da-df846b3f1939_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters work the scene of a deadly explosion that leveled a home in Omaha, Nebraska.
![A car drives between snow covered trees in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d515c774-1882-4bf7-9b28-636b73d9f5ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A car drives between snow covered trees in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany.