A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 17 ທັນວາ 2017
![Pope Francis blows a candle on the occasion of his 81st birthday during a private audience with children the Paul VI hall at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/987dc202-08a6-4f72-b303-05f833a65ad1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis blows a candle on the occasion of his 81st birthday during a private audience with children the Paul VI hall at the Vatican.
![The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-07 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f234585a-15c8-4944-80b5-7a31066f7f04_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-07 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
![A police officer shouts as children are rescued following a suicide attack on a church in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4580ef0a-2785-4ad5-a957-d61a878660ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer shouts as children are rescued following a suicide attack on a church in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017.
![Supporters of former Georgian President and Ukrainian opposition figure Mikheil Saakashvili break into the building of the International Art Center in Kyiv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/78905c4b-3b73-40d1-b3f1-bb65ebc1c334_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of former Georgian President and Ukrainian opposition figure Mikheil Saakashvili break into the building of the International Art Center in Kyiv, Ukraine.