Today's best photos: from Biden among Christmas trees to winter solstice at Stonehenge

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

US President Joe Biden arrives to deliver a Christmas address from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington. AFP

Birds fly over dried-up Lake Penuelas, in Valparaiso, Chile. AP

Headstones in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, in Mandan, North Dakota, are blanketed by drifting snow. AP

Washington State forward Mouhamed Gueye dunks next to George Washington guard Maximus Edwards during an NCAA college basketball game, in Honolulu, Hawaii. AP

St Mary's Ukrainian Choir performs for the Royal Carols: Together At Christmas, ITV show, at Westminster Abbey in London. AFP

A man sits at the entrance of a mudhif reed house, along Iraq's southern Chibayish marshes in Dhi Qar province. AFP

Covid-19 patients in the lobby of the Chongqing No 5 People's Hospital in China's south-western city of Chongqing. AFP

Asylum seekers cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to Brownsville, Texas. AFP

Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez holds aloft his World Cup winner's medal and Golden Glove trophy in his home city of Mar del Plata. AFP

Snowy conditions in the Mile End borough of Montreal, in Quebec, eastern Canada, as a winter storm caused travel chaos in the region. AFP

A forest fire rages in Vina del Mar, in Valparaiso region, Chile. More than 100 houses were destroyed or damaged by the blaze. AFP

Santa Claus greets a mother and her child during a visit to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP

Residents serve up hot food brought by volunteers, in the yard of a residential building in Izyum, Kharkiv region, north-east Ukraine. AFP

Passengers search for luggage following flight cancellations caused by a winter storm at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia. Reuters

Flags representing fallen soldiers in Independence Square, Kyiv. Reuters

A woman stands in the shell of her neighbour's home, which was destroyed during shelling of Olenivka village, near Donetsk, in Russian-controlled Ukraine. Reuters

Winter solstice celebrations at prehistoric monument Stonehenge, near Amesbury, southern England. Reuters

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Updated: December 23, 2022, 12:04 PM