A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 22, 2020
![Jupiter, left, and Saturn, right, are seen during the “great conjunction” where the two planets appear a tenth of a degree apart from one another, Dec. 21, 2020, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Credit: NASA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/14293f2e-90ab-479e-a8d3-db7c2836a113_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jupiter, left, and Saturn, right, are seen during the “great conjunction” where the two planets appear a tenth of a degree apart from one another, Dec. 21, 2020, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Credit: NASA)
![Far-right protesters break the door to the Capitol building during a protest against restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Salem, Oregon, Dec. 21, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/75cb3cfd-5d47-4a2d-aa38-27e989e0402f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Far-right protesters break the door to the Capitol building during a protest against restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Salem, Oregon, Dec. 21, 2020.
![The ferry terminal check-in is seen empty alongside the White Cliffs of Dover, as the Port remains closed, in Dover, England.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d64cef32-01f7-4196-a399-8332ef2aba0c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The ferry terminal check-in is seen empty alongside the White Cliffs of Dover, as the Port remains closed, in Dover, England.
![Israeli police shoot a water cannon toward ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking the road during a demonstration in Jerusalem.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b05f5196-c251-423b-9ca6-bde68e4b3300_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli police shoot a water cannon toward ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking the road during a demonstration in Jerusalem.