A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 17, 2024
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Workers prepare for removal of the carcass of Molly, a 45-year-old female Sumatran elephant that was found dead after being swept away by a flood from Bali Zoo on Dec. 16, 2024, in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia.
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Environmental activist Paul Watson looks on after getting released from prison in Nuuk, Greenland.
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Bodies of the commander of Russian armed forces' chemical, biological and radiation defence troops, Igor Kirillov, (top) and his assistant are seen at the blast scene outside a residential building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow.
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Bodies of the commander of Russian armed forces' chemical, biological and radiation defence troops, Igor Kirillov, (top) and his assistant are seen at the blast scene outside a residential building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow.
Bodies of the commander of Russian armed forces' chemical, biological and radiation defence troops, Igor Kirillov, (top) and his assistant are seen at the blast scene outside a residential building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow.
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This aerial view shows abandoned tanks on a highway in Mankat al Hatab, near Daraa, Syria.