Here are some of the most striking images taken from around the world over the past week.
Children play in front of a lighting installation during an event held to mark the start of holiday season in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Dec 7, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A medical worker gives the COVID-19 vaccine injection in Moscow on Dec 8, 2020. A mass vaccination program began in Moscow on Dec 5, giving vaccines to people from high-risk groups. [Photo/Xinhua]
People visit a drive-thru Christmas-themed light festival by car amid COVID-19 concerns in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec 8, 2020. The event is held from Dec 4 to Dec 27. [Photo/Xinhua]
A worker packs hand-decorated Christmas ornaments at Zhostovo decorative painting factory in Moscow region on Dec 8, 2020. Zhostovo is a Russian folk art center famous for its painted trays decorated with bright bunches of flowers. [Photo/Xinhua]
A cat wearing costumes is seen at a costume workshop in Bogor of West Java province, Indonesia, on Dec 8, 2020. Products from the cat costume workshop are sold on the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Photo/Xinhua]
Anti-Brexit demonstrators stand outside the Houses of Parliament in London, on Dec 9, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
People walk in the Old Town during the first snowfall in Warsaw, Poland, on Dec 10, 2020. The first snow of this year fell upon Warsaw Thursday. [Photo/Xinhua]
A tiger cub is bottle-fed by zoo staff in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on Dec 11, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken in New York on Dec 12, 2020, shows a screen displaying United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressing the Climate Ambition Summit via video link. [Photo/Xinhua]
A long-time exposure photo taken on Dec 11, 2020, shows a starry sky in Jahra Governorate in Kuwait. [Photo/Xinhua]
