A look at some of the best news photos of 2021 from around the world.
Photos of the Year 2021
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A child runs towards Mohamed Maarouf, 28, who dressed in Santa Claus costume with a sack of gifts, in a slum near the center of Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 24, 2021.
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People take photos at a statue of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, Dec. 26, 2021. South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop has died at the age of 90.