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

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  People visit a Christmas display at Zocalo Square in Mexico City. AFP

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  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

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  A woman feeds a squirrel in a park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. AFP

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  Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Khan Younis. AP

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  A collapsed house in Dahejia, Jishishan County, in north-western China's Gansu province, flattened by the area's biggest earthquake in years. AFP

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  Santa Claus is coming to town ... or at least to visit children at Germans Trias Hospital in Barcelona. He arrived using a zipline. EPA

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  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

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  Choristers take part in a rehearsal for their upcoming Christmas performances, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London. AFP

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