A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 21 ທັນວາ 2015
![A worshiper lights candles inside the Church of Nativity, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7a9f2224-988c-4980-a79e-91c1c54ba7c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worshiper lights candles inside the Church of Nativity, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
![Children play in a park, which is decorated with festive lights, as a part of the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration, in Kyiv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a2b7bfb7-9316-4890-a569-f6ef5e98ba45_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children play in a park, which is decorated with festive lights, as a part of the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
![An orangutan named "Pacquiao" dressed in a Santa Claus costume joins an "Animal Christmas Party" at the Malabon zoo in suburban Malabon, north of Manila, the Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/47f77232-57a4-4fae-8d3a-61eaecf75c3a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An orangutan named "Pacquiao" dressed in a Santa Claus costume joins an "Animal Christmas Party" at the Malabon zoo in suburban Malabon, north of Manila, the Philippines.
![People walk along a street decorated with festive illumination for the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration in central Moscow, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/650f0c27-1564-4338-8cc1-ea1b37287d67_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk along a street decorated with festive illumination for the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration in central Moscow, Russia.