Here are some of the most striking images taken from around the world over the past week.
A zookeeper interacts with giant panda Yi Yi in the Giant Panda Conservation Center at Zoo Negara near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 19, 2020. Zoo Negara reopened to the public on Dec 18 after two months' closure forced by the conditional movement control order in the area. Based upon current assessments, the zoo will remain open as scheduled with reduced capacity of 1,250 visitors. [Photo/Xinhua]
Visitors watch a chocolate sculpture at the Choco Loco exhibition at the Train World Museum in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec 15, 2020. The Choco Loco is an exhibition at which chocolate sculptures inspired by train-related subjects are displayed. [Photo/Xinhua]
French President Emmanuel Macron and Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa wave to journalists as they enter the Elysee Palace in Paris, Dec 16, 2020. Macron subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 and started a period of self-isolation. [Photo/Agencies]
Photo taken on Dec 14, 2020, shows a total solar eclipse witnessed in Freire, La Araucania region, Chile. [Photo/Xinhua]
Stephanie Cal, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine in New York, on Dec 14, 2020. The United States started the rollout of its first vaccine on Dec 14, with the first doses administered to healthcare workers and nursing home staffers. [Photo/Xinhua]
A siren, which is the symbol of the city of Warsaw, is illuminated next to a heart and the words "Thank You Medics" in Warsaw, Poland, Dec 16, 2020. The Fountain Park in Warsaw has been illuminated with decorative Christmas lighting and two special installations have been made to thank medical workers battling the COVID-19 epidemic. [Photo/Xinhua]
A tourist poses for photos during the "Awakening Bangkok" lighting installation fest in Bangkok, Dec 15, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the annual press conference via video link in Moscow, Dec 17, 2020. This year, due to coronavirus-related restrictions, Putin's annual year-end press conference was held online on Thursday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Giant teddy bears are seen at the closed Les Deux Magots cafe in Paris, Dec 16, 2020. France's health authorities on Dec 16 reported 17,615 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the biggest single-day increase since Nov 21. [Photo/Xinhua]
Visitors look at the Bellevue Palace illuminated by light projection of the German word meaning "sticking together" in Berlin, Dec 17, 2020. A light projection with the theme "Lichtblick (Ray of Hope)" was held at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, aiming to call on solidarity among the public to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. [Photo/Xinhua]
