A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 23, 2016
![A dancer performs on a tree in temperatures below minus 37 degrees Celsius (minus 34.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Mohe, Heilongjiang province, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ba7ca156-7249-4008-8706-e07e6c4f0015_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dancer performs on a tree in temperatures below minus 37 degrees Celsius (minus 34.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Mohe, Heilongjiang province, China.
![A fox roams in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.](https://gdb.voanews.com/833c4c8e-a21f-4a99-81f6-d42ad84ba64c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fox roams in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.
![A Syrian man walks through the former rebel-held Salaheddin district in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0cee76c7-350c-471d-96b3-cb6a35f8778d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian man walks through the former rebel-held Salaheddin district in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
![People cry during a mass for the victims of the fireworks market explosion in Tultepec, Mexico state.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8635f447-cef6-4514-8545-78f91797629b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People cry during a mass for the victims of the fireworks market explosion in Tultepec, Mexico state.