• Jos Hermans, 96, who is the first person to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Belgium, gives a thumbs-up in front of journalists during a vaccination operation at the "Woonzorgcentrum Sint-Pieters" care home in Puurs, in Belgium's Flemish region. AFP
    Jos Hermans, 96, who is the first person to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Belgium, gives a thumbs-up in front of journalists during a vaccination operation at the "Woonzorgcentrum Sint-Pieters" care home in Puurs, in Belgium's Flemish region. AFP
  • The sun rises over the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo
    The sun rises over the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo
  • Brigite Garces sits still as shamans use ostrich eggs, bells, feathers and confetti during a cleansing ritual (for approximately a $10 fee) at the "Mercado de Deseos," or Market of Wishes, which sets up for one week in Lima, Peru. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic this year, people are wishing for good health and work in 2021, as many have been left without either. Garces said she wishes for good health first, work second, and then love. AP Photo
    Brigite Garces sits still as shamans use ostrich eggs, bells, feathers and confetti during a cleansing ritual (for approximately a $10 fee) at the "Mercado de Deseos," or Market of Wishes, which sets up for one week in Lima, Peru. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic this year, people are wishing for good health and work in 2021, as many have been left without either. Garces said she wishes for good health first, work second, and then love. AP Photo
  • The silhouette of an airplane is seen in front of the moon in Moscow. AFP
    The silhouette of an airplane is seen in front of the moon in Moscow. AFP
  • Farmers work in a saffron field in Pampore, south of Srinagar, India. AFP
    Farmers work in a saffron field in Pampore, south of Srinagar, India. AFP
  • An employee stands in front of artificial cardboard figures placed in empty stands during the qualification round of the Four-Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee) in Oberstdorf, southern Germany. AFP
    An employee stands in front of artificial cardboard figures placed in empty stands during the qualification round of the Four-Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee) in Oberstdorf, southern Germany. AFP
  • People gather near an illuminated installation of giant polar bears during the New Year and Christmas holiday season in a park in Moscow, Russia. Reuters
    People gather near an illuminated installation of giant polar bears during the New Year and Christmas holiday season in a park in Moscow, Russia. Reuters
  • South Africa's Lungi Ngidi celebrates after the dismissal of Sri Lanka's captain Dimuth Karunaratne during the third day of the first Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion. AFP
    South Africa's Lungi Ngidi celebrates after the dismissal of Sri Lanka's captain Dimuth Karunaratne during the third day of the first Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion. AFP
  • Rohingya refugees sit on a Bangladesh Navy ship as they are relocated to the flood-prone island Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong, Bangladesh. AFP
    Rohingya refugees sit on a Bangladesh Navy ship as they are relocated to the flood-prone island Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong, Bangladesh. AFP
  • A man walks his dog in a snow-covered park in the centre of Milan. AFP
    A man walks his dog in a snow-covered park in the centre of Milan. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for December 29, 2020

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