Best photos of December 13: Fifty years of Japanese konbini to Trump as Time's Person of the Year

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  A 7-Eleven shop in Tokyo. The convenience stores of US origin are known as 'konbini' in Japan, with the first opening 50 years ago in the country’s capital. EPA

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  A close-up of the Boston Bruins goaltender’s mask during a match against Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle. Getty Images

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  Squid Game Unleashed is a big winner at the Game Awards at the Peacock Theatre, Los Angeles. EPA

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  Boats moored at a port during the customary 'no fishing Friday' in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. AFP

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  A demonstrator dressed as under-fire South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol calls for him to step down, at a protest in Seoul. AFP

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  A visitors views the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Getty Images

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  Construction workers wrap up against the elements during a cold snap in Chicago. AP

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  Men smoke hookahs after fighters led by militant group Hayat Tahrir Al Sham ousted Syria's Bashar Al Assad, in Damascus. Reuters

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  Works by Emirati manga artist Abdulla Lutfi on dispay at Mestaria Gallery, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a Time magazine Person of the Year event at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)