A look at the best news photos from around the world.
November 25, 2014
![Pope Francis delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d8c7ebbe-46f1-472c-84b3-29c939cdc615_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.
![A monk chants a Buddhist mantra in front of a public lottery counter in Tokyo, Japan. Lottery stand owners hire monks to conduct ritual purification on their stands for a big win.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5110998e-05a4-438d-a4f0-ea55d77082d1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A monk chants a Buddhist mantra in front of a public lottery counter in Tokyo, Japan. Lottery stand owners hire monks to conduct ritual purification on their stands for a big win.
![A police officer guards a closed street along West Florissant Ave, where protesters and looters rampaged businesses following the grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman who shot dead the unarmed black teen Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4f482346-364c-4e59-88b0-c482549d2ab3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer guards a closed street along West Florissant Ave, where protesters and looters rampaged businesses following the grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman who shot dead the unarmed black teen Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri.
![A row of cars burn at a used car lot during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to return to normal after Micahel Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on Aug. 9. A grand jury declined to indict officer Wilson.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8a07ebaf-b1f6-4931-a4ef-fbd0be7a9d18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A row of cars burn at a used car lot during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to return to normal after Micahel Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on Aug. 9. A grand jury declined to indict officer Wilson.