Here are some of the most striking images taken from around the world over the past week.
People go back in time not through some fantastical machine but by riding within the New York Transit Museum's Vintage 1930s R1-9 Train Cars in New York City on Dec 8. [Photo/Xinhua]
A man wipes his tears as he waits outside a mortuary to receive the body of his relative who died in a fire that swept through a factory where laborers were sleeping, in New Delhi, India, December 8, 2019. The death toll in the fire has reached 43. [Photo/Agencies]
A forensic technician leaves a crime scene where four people were killed and two injured in a shooting near Mexico's National Palace, the presidential residence in the capital's historic downtown, in Mexico City, Mexico December 7, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcome US President Donald Trump at the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
Commuters of French national railway operator SNCF wait on a platform at Gare de Lyon train station as a strike by French SNCF railway and Paris transport network (RATP) workers continues against French government's pensions reform plans, in Paris, France, December 8, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
A diver dressed as Santa Claus performs during a promotional event for Christmas in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
A local man hoses down fire retardant during a bushfire in Werombi, 50 km southwest of Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pose for a photo at their residence in Tokyo, Japan, December 3, 2019, ahead of the Empress' 56th birthday on December 9, in this handout photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. Photo taken December 3, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
A person attends an Extinction Rebellion protest against climate change as the COP25 climate summit is held in Madrid, Spain December 8, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts in the building of the so-called "Sauna" during her first visit at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim, Poland, December 6, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
