A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 23, 2025

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Deacons take part in a mass for their jubilee in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, that was supposed to be presided over by Pope Francis who was admitted over a week ago at Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic and is in critical conditions.

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A nun prays at the base of the statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, where Pope Francis has been admitted for treatment.

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A man throws a stone at an Israeli tank during an Israeli operation in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Visitors stand next to a makeshift memorial paying tribute to Ukrainian and foreign fighters with flags at the Independence Square in Kyiv ahead of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.