A look at some of the best news photos of 2021 from around the world.
Photos of the Year 2021
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An Ethiopian woman argues with others over the allocation of yellow split peas distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 8, 2021.
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The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight, May 14, 2021. Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and airstrikes in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, claiming more than 100 Palestinian lives.
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The owner of the zoo Pierre Thivillon laughs next to a chimpanzee, May 17, 2021, at the zoological park of Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, two days ahead of its reopening as part of France's latest step toward the ending of its third nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.
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A migrant is comforted by a member of the Spanish Red Cross near the border of Morocco at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, May 18, 2021. Thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border control in their country to swim or paddle into European soil.