• An employee dressed in a Santa Claus costume plays with cats at the Catgarden in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
    An employee dressed in a Santa Claus costume plays with cats at the Catgarden in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
  • INEOS Team UK hit the water on practice racing day five of the 36th America's Cup in Auckland. AFP
    INEOS Team UK hit the water on practice racing day five of the 36th America's Cup in Auckland. AFP
  • A Lim Kim, of South Korea, celebrates winning the US Women's Open in Houston. AP Photo
    A Lim Kim, of South Korea, celebrates winning the US Women's Open in Houston. AP Photo
  • A Mapuche Indigenous family uses special glasses to observe a total solar eclipse in Carahue, La Araucania, Chile. The total eclipse was barely visible from Carahue because of overcast skies. AP Photo
    A Mapuche Indigenous family uses special glasses to observe a total solar eclipse in Carahue, La Araucania, Chile. The total eclipse was barely visible from Carahue because of overcast skies. AP Photo
  • D'Arcy Short of the Hobart Hurricanes walks onto the field to bat during the Big Bash League match against the Adelaide Strikers at Blundstone Arena, in Hobart, Australia. Getty Images
    D'Arcy Short of the Hobart Hurricanes walks onto the field to bat during the Big Bash League match against the Adelaide Strikers at Blundstone Arena, in Hobart, Australia. Getty Images
  • Former President Bill Clintonand other members of New York state's Electoral College help Electoral member George K Gresham who fell while voting for President and Vice President in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol in Albany, New York. AFP
    Former President Bill Clintonand other members of New York state's Electoral College help Electoral member George K Gresham who fell while voting for President and Vice President in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol in Albany, New York. AFP
  • Health workers salute Elena, 104, as she leaves the Gregorio Maranon hospital, after being treated for the coronavirus disease and discharged, in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
    Health workers salute Elena, 104, as she leaves the Gregorio Maranon hospital, after being treated for the coronavirus disease and discharged, in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
  • People wearing facemasks and shields in Manila, Philippines. Reuters
    People wearing facemasks and shields in Manila, Philippines. Reuters
  • An artist prepares backstage for the Coliseum Christmas Circus in Porto. EPA
    An artist prepares backstage for the Coliseum Christmas Circus in Porto. EPA
  • Angara A5 space rocket blasts off at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, Russia. Reuters
    Angara A5 space rocket blasts off at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, Russia. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for December 15, 2020

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