A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 22, 2020

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Jupiter, left, and Saturn, right, are seen during the “great conjunction” where the two planets appear a tenth of a degree apart from one another, Dec. 21, 2020, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Credit: NASA)

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Far-right protesters break the door to the Capitol building during a protest against restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Salem, Oregon, Dec. 21, 2020.

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The ferry terminal check-in is seen empty alongside the White Cliffs of Dover, as the Port remains closed, in Dover, England.

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Israeli police shoot a water cannon toward ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking the road during a demonstration in Jerusalem.