A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 17, 2015
![A displaced boy, who fled Saada province, northwest of Sana'a with his family, waits for relief supplies during a food distribution by volunteers in Sana'a, Yemen.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E27CFF40-6E78-40BD-B5CA-08F71B736B5E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A displaced boy, who fled Saada province, northwest of Sana'a with his family, waits for relief supplies during a food distribution by volunteers in Sana'a, Yemen.
![People take pictures with illuminated Christmas decorations on a street in Medellin, Colombia, Dec. 16, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4F949168-94E5-4C16-90DA-4153E3EEB0E7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take pictures with illuminated Christmas decorations on a street in Medellin, Colombia, Dec. 16, 2015.
![Pope Francis blows a candle on a birthday cake he was presented by a group of youths of the Catholic Action during a private audience at the Vatican.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5E7C35EF-13F9-4285-8A3C-48A082FBAFC3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis blows a candle on a birthday cake he was presented by a group of youths of the Catholic Action during a private audience at the Vatican.
![Lindor Kerby, a Radio Tele Timoun journalist, is helped by demonstrators after U.N. Peacekeepers from Brazil fired teargas during a protest against the country's electoral council, to mark the 25th anniversary of first democratic election in 1990, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 16, 2015. Disputed election results have brought a renewed surge of paralyzing street protests and many broad accusations of electoral fraud from civil society and opposition groups.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CE7D345D-48C0-416D-A3A2-4834E9A81DEE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lindor Kerby, a Radio Tele Timoun journalist, is helped by demonstrators after U.N. Peacekeepers from Brazil fired teargas during a protest against the country's electoral council, to mark the 25th anniversary of first democratic election in 1990, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 16, 2015. Disputed election results have brought a renewed surge of paralyzing street protests and many broad accusations of electoral fraud from civil society and opposition groups.