• Fire trucks decorated with Christmas lights on a main street in Chisinau, Moldova. EPA
    Fire trucks decorated with Christmas lights on a main street in Chisinau, Moldova. EPA
  • A man prepares to tie a black ribbon next to a makeshift memorial during a prayer ceremony for the victims of the 2004 tsunami on the 16th anniversary of the disaster, at Marina Beach in Chennai, India. Reuters
    A man prepares to tie a black ribbon next to a makeshift memorial during a prayer ceremony for the victims of the 2004 tsunami on the 16th anniversary of the disaster, at Marina Beach in Chennai, India. Reuters
  • Shoppers seen though yearend illumination walk through streets for yearend shopping in preparation for the New Year in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
    Shoppers seen though yearend illumination walk through streets for yearend shopping in preparation for the New Year in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
  • An aerial view shows beef cattle on David Exwood's farm near Horsham, south west of London. AFP
    An aerial view shows beef cattle on David Exwood's farm near Horsham, south west of London. AFP
  • Workers push snow sleds across a frozen section of Lake Houhai in Beijing. AFP
    Workers push snow sleds across a frozen section of Lake Houhai in Beijing. AFP
  • Pigeons sit over electric cables amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in Amritsar. AFP
    Pigeons sit over electric cables amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in Amritsar. AFP
  • Bianca Toniolo, Marzio Toniolo's daughter, draws on her bedroom's window on Christmas Eve in San Fiorano, Italy. Reuters
    Bianca Toniolo, Marzio Toniolo's daughter, draws on her bedroom's window on Christmas Eve in San Fiorano, Italy. Reuters
  • Pope Francis wears a protective mask before delivering his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi speech to the city and the world virtually from inside the Hall of Blessings instead of from St Peter's Square at the Vatican. Reuters
    Pope Francis wears a protective mask before delivering his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi speech to the city and the world virtually from inside the Hall of Blessings instead of from St Peter's Square at the Vatican. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for December 26, 2020

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