Gallery: The best photos from around the world
12 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
1/12
Tiger Woods of the United States and son Charlie Woods fist bump on the 18th hole during the final round of the PNC Championship at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club on December 20, 2020 in Orlando, Florida.Credit:Getty Images
2/12
Chinese children pose with cotton candy as a relative takes photos of them at a festive market at a shopping mall on December 20, 2020 in Beijing, China. The revival of consumer consumption is expected to continue to boost Chinas economy, which is already showing strong signs of post-pandemic recovery and providing a bright spot for global brands and retailers.Credit:Getty Images
3/12
A volunteer wearing protective clothing prepares a grave for a funeral of a person who died from COVID-19 at a cemetery in the outskirts of the city of Ghaemshahr, in northern Iran.Credit:AP
4/12
A man wearing a Santa Claus outfit rides a horse during an event at an equestrian center in Ganeasa, Romania. Street celebrations during the holiday season are forbidden and health authorities urge Romanians to limit the attendance of Christmas and New Year's gatherings to close family members to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.Credit:Andreea Alexandru
5/12
A child skates on Meech Lake in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada.Credit:AP
6/12
People walk past the Christmas tree in the Roemerberg square that is reflected in a puddle in Frankfurt, Germany, on a rainy Sunday.Credit:AP
7/12
Residents queue up to receive boxes of donated food in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joined other politicians and representatives of Make the Road NY, a Queens-based community organization dedicated to building the power of working class and immigrant communities, while handing out food in the area, which was hard hit by the coronavirus.Credit:AP
8/12
Around 200 of London's black taxi cabs are stored in a field on December 20, 2020 in Epping, England. Many black cab drivers across the capital have lost work, because of the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the 'Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association', around 80% of black cabs have come off the road since June due to the lack of customers.Credit:Getty Images
9/12
Turkish students Ceren Akgul, 23, and Alihan Oguz, 22, wearing masks to help protect against the spread of coronavirus, speak as she holds her 8-month-old cat, Kofte, during a two-day weekend curfew, in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey's daily COVID-19 death toll hit a record high last week, with the government announcing close to 30,000 new confirmed infections in a single day.Credit:AP
10/12
Habubakar Liti, left, Bello Ibrahim, centre, and Isah Nasir, recently released students, arrive back home carrying boxes containing their school belongings in Ketare, Nigeria. Nigeria's freed schoolboys have reunited with their joyful parents after being held captive for nearly a week by gunmen allied with jihadist rebels in the country's northwest. Relieved parents hugged their sons tightly on Saturday in Kankara, where more than 340 boys were abducted from the Government Science Secondary school on the night of Dec. 11th.Credit:AP
11/12
The White Cliffs are reflected in the windscreen of a truck whilst the driver sits in his cab and queues to enter the port of Dover, in Kent, England. The European Union and the United Kingdom headed into the weekend on a last attempt to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal and to avoid a chaotic and costly changeover in the new year.Credit:AP
12/12
A priest blesses a table with traditional Christmas dishes food before the van convoy departure at Krakow's UNESCO listed Main Square on December 20, 2020 in Krakow, Poland. This year's, the 24th edition of the Christmas Eve for Homeless and Needy People organized by Jan Kosciuszko is taking a different shape as restrictions to tackle the coronavirus spread are ongoing.Credit:Getty Images