A look at the best news photos from around the world.
ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 25 ທັນວາ 2016
![An Iraqi student dressed in a Santa Claus outfit distribute gifts to impoverished children outside their shanty home in the Shi'ite city of Najaf.](https://gdb.voanews.com/25c28f5f-8d10-4614-9f42-d837745c6818_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi student dressed in a Santa Claus outfit distribute gifts to impoverished children outside their shanty home in the Shi'ite city of Najaf.
![Representatives of different religions and officials light a candle of a Menorah during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec, 24, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5a7bf089-be9f-467d-996a-107e33a13425_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Representatives of different religions and officials light a candle of a Menorah during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec, 24, 2016.
![A dye factory worker dries fabric in Narayanganj near Dhaka, Bangladesh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/88ce723a-b70a-4743-a0cc-619ba60ed6f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dye factory worker dries fabric in Narayanganj near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
![Residents sit in a truck after the local government implemented preemptive evacuations at Barangay Matnog, Daraga, Albay province, the Philippines, due to the approaching typhoon Nock-Ten.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1c2d5dc9-1811-41c5-9d1a-81ef62de8fb0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents sit in a truck after the local government implemented preemptive evacuations at Barangay Matnog, Daraga, Albay province, the Philippines, due to the approaching typhoon Nock-Ten.