News in Pics, December 22, 2022: Best photos from the world

Rudi Valentino, a male orangutan and one of the Houston Zoo's longtime residents, is seen during one of his last public appearances before he died on December 19 at age 45, in Houston, Texas. Credit: Reuters photo

A large gap on steep terrain is seen where the steel bollard-style wall ends before the beginning of another border wall constructed of shipping containers and topped with concertina wire, built on federal land by Republican governor Doug Ducey, stands along the US-Mexico border in the Coronado National Forest near Hereford, Arizona. Credit: AFP Photo

Firefighters are transported in a car as black smoke rises during a fire in a hydrocarbon storage area of the Bravo Petroleum company in Barranquilla, Colombia. Credit: Reuters photo

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, the border between the US and Mexico, after the US Supreme Court said Title 42 should be kept in place for now, in Matamoros, Mexico. Credit: Reuters photo

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Attendees watch lighted biodegradable bubbles in the air, in Aix-en-Provence, France. Credit: AFP Photo