News in Pics, December 19, 2022: Best photos from the world

Fans of Argentina celebrate winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup against France at the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, on December 18, 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

Iraqi government officials destroy nearly six tons of drugs, some of which had been in storage for more than a decade, in Baghdad's Nahrawan area on December 18, 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

Rafale French air force aircrafts are parked on the flight deck abord the Charles de Gaulle French aircraft carrier, while cruising in Suez Canal, in Egypt, on December 18, 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at members of the Israeli army during a reported raid in the Palestinian Askar refugee camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on December 18, 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

Artists perform as Pope Francis (R) attends a private audience with children and staff of the Santa Marta Dispensary, which is dedicated to helping infants in need, at Paul-VI hall in the Vatican on December 18, 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

A general view in Secunda, on December 18, 2022 of Sasol Synfuels Operations, a commercial coal-based synthetic fuels manufacturing facility, producing synthesis gas (syngas) through coal gasification and natural gas reforming. Credit: AFP Photo

France's Christian Mbilli (R) fights US Vaughn Alexander during their middleweight fight at the Parc des Expositions de la Beaujoire in Nantes, western France, on December 17, 2022. Credit: AFP Photo