• People visit a Christmas display at Zocalo Square in Mexico City. AFP
    People visit a Christmas display at Zocalo Square in Mexico City. AFP
  • Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant goes to the basket for the game-winning shot at the buzzer in a tight finish against New Orleans Pelicans. AP
    Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant goes to the basket for the game-winning shot at the buzzer in a tight finish against New Orleans Pelicans. AP
  • A woman feeds a squirrel in a park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. AFP
    A woman feeds a squirrel in a park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. AFP
  • Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Khan Younis. AP
    Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Khan Younis. AP
  • A collapsed house in Dahejia, Jishishan County, in north-western China's Gansu province, flattened by the area's biggest earthquake in years. AFP
    A collapsed house in Dahejia, Jishishan County, in north-western China's Gansu province, flattened by the area's biggest earthquake in years. AFP
  • Santa Claus is coming to town ... or at least to visit children at Germans Trias Hospital in Barcelona. He arrived using a zipline. EPA
    Santa Claus is coming to town ... or at least to visit children at Germans Trias Hospital in Barcelona. He arrived using a zipline. EPA
  • Kuwait's new emir Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmed Al Jaber gestures during an oath-taking ceremony in Kuwait City. He is taking over following the death of Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who passed away on December 16 aged 86. EPA
    Kuwait's new emir Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmed Al Jaber gestures during an oath-taking ceremony in Kuwait City. He is taking over following the death of Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who passed away on December 16 aged 86. EPA
  • Choristers take part in a rehearsal for their upcoming Christmas performances, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London. AFP
    Choristers take part in a rehearsal for their upcoming Christmas performances, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London. AFP

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Today's best photos: From Christmas lights in Mexico to a choir in London

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December 20, 2023

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Updated: December 20, 2023, 2:25 PM