A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 21 ທັນວາ 2014
![Concertgoers wearing cake-shaped decoration wait outside Tokyo Dome before the concert of a Japanese pop idol group in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7c81886f-79c4-4082-ace8-3b81e4e703fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Concertgoers wearing cake-shaped decoration wait outside Tokyo Dome before the concert of a Japanese pop idol group in Tokyo.
![A man carries a weapon box left behind by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Azaalana checkpoint in the southern Idlib countryside, Dec. 20, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/52fd2a7e-7ab5-4c01-8d2c-4816a06a198c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man carries a weapon box left behind by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Azaalana checkpoint in the southern Idlib countryside, Dec. 20, 2014.
![Pope Francis greets children during a meeting with faithful of Pope John XXIII Community in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Dec. 20, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/783af9b9-8dea-4c52-9930-22ef23fc0750_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis greets children during a meeting with faithful of Pope John XXIII Community in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Dec. 20, 2014.
![A man walks near the recently damaged Savur Mogila monument to Red Army soldiers fallen during World War II, near the eastern Ukrainian city of Snizhnee.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c0db6921-a8a1-4a02-9201-888e98529210_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks near the recently damaged Savur Mogila monument to Red Army soldiers fallen during World War II, near the eastern Ukrainian city of Snizhnee.