A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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![A white beluga wears a Santa hat to attract visitors at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo, Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/410c31dc-b816-4760-b3bb-d9ad961493ae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A white beluga wears a Santa hat to attract visitors at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo, Japan.
![Pope Francis blows candles on a birthday cake on the occasion of his 78th birthday as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/352fab8c-ec5c-4811-892f-6b6a0947879d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis blows candles on a birthday cake on the occasion of his 78th birthday as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
![Palestinian youths fish on a small boat at sunset in Gaza City.](https://gdb.voanews.com/31d7d14b-15b1-4e90-83a5-d8c66b09a5d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian youths fish on a small boat at sunset in Gaza City.
![A Shi'ite student of Imamia Students Organization (ISO) holds a placard during a protest against an attack by Taliban militants at an army-run school in Peshawar the previous day, in Karachi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a4bc5e91-44e1-410b-b687-7c543c2fea0c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Shi'ite student of Imamia Students Organization (ISO) holds a placard during a protest against an attack by Taliban militants at an army-run school in Peshawar the previous day, in Karachi.