An Iraqi woman, who was wounded during clashes in the ISIL stronghold of Mosul, is brought into a field hospital inAl Samah neighbourhood, Iraq, on December 1, 2016. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
A soldier is comforted after the urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro was driven through Santa Clara on December 1, 2016, during a four-day journey across the island for burial in Santiago de Cuba. Castro died at the age of 90 on November 25, 2016. Ronaldo Schemidt / Agence France-Presse
A performer playing an astronaut hangs in front of a projection of an orchestra at an event marking the 70th anniversary of the German state of Hesse at the Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany, on December 1, 2016. Arne Dedert / EPA
The public enjoying the view is reflected in the windows of the Shard as the city below is shrouded in fog on December 1, 2016, in London, England. Much of the country has been experiencing sub-zero temperatures. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
Afghan labourer Shazia, 8, works in a cotton field in Mazar-i-Sharif on December 1, 2016. Farshad Usyan / Agence France-Presse
Christmas decorations light up the balcony of an apartment in the Frankfurter Berg district of Frankfurt, Germany, on December 1, 2016. The area is one of the city’s deprived, with many migrants and people existing on welfare. Michael Probst / Associated Press
Internally displaced Iraqis, who fled the fighting between ISIL and government forces around Mosul, walk in the mud following heavy rain on December 1, 2016, at Al Khazir camp for the displaced, located between Arbil and Mosul. Thomas Coex / Agence France-Presse
Syrian refugee children walk past a mural in Elbeyli refugee camp near the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis province, Turkey, on December 1, 2016. Umit Bektas / Reuters
Women take a selfie on December 1, 2016, near a light installation outside an office building decorated for the Christmas season in Beijing. Although the holiday is not traditionally celebrated in China, some offices and shopping malls welcome the festival with colourful decorations. Andy Wong / Associated Press
An Iraqi woman, who was wounded during clashes in the ISIL stronghold of Mosul, is brought into a field hospital inAl Samah neighbourhood, Iraq, on December 1, 2016. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
A soldier is comforted after the urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro was driven through Santa Clara on December 1, 2016, during a four-day journey across the island for burial in Santiago de Cuba. Castro died at the age of 90 on November 25, 2016. Ronaldo Schemidt / Agence France-Presse
A performer playing an astronaut hangs in front of a projection of an orchestra at an event marking the 70th anniversary of the German state of Hesse at the Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany, on December 1, 2016. Arne Dedert / EPA
The public enjoying the view is reflected in the windows of the Shard as the city below is shrouded in fog on December 1, 2016, in London, England. Much of the country has been experiencing sub-zero temperatures. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
Afghan labourer Shazia, 8, works in a cotton field in Mazar-i-Sharif on December 1, 2016. Farshad Usyan / Agence France-Presse
Christmas decorations light up the balcony of an apartment in the Frankfurter Berg district of Frankfurt, Germany, on December 1, 2016. The area is one of the city’s deprived, with many migrants and people existing on welfare. Michael Probst / Associated Press
Internally displaced Iraqis, who fled the fighting between ISIL and government forces around Mosul, walk in the mud following heavy rain on December 1, 2016, at Al Khazir camp for the displaced, located between Arbil and Mosul. Thomas Coex / Agence France-Presse
Syrian refugee children walk past a mural in Elbeyli refugee camp near the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis province, Turkey, on December 1, 2016. Umit Bektas / Reuters
Women take a selfie on December 1, 2016, near a light installation outside an office building decorated for the Christmas season in Beijing. Although the holiday is not traditionally celebrated in China, some offices and shopping malls welcome the festival with colourful decorations. Andy Wong / Associated Press
An Iraqi woman, who was wounded during clashes in the ISIL stronghold of Mosul, is brought into a field hospital inAl Samah neighbourhood, Iraq, on December 1, 2016. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
