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Berlin, Germany
The chancellor, Olaf Scholz, addresses the Bundestag on a day where the only item on the agenda is a confidence vote, submitted by Scholz to pave the way for new elections in February.
Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA
Nuseirat, Gaza
People search through the debris of a house that was destroyed in an Israeli strike the day before which killed the Al Jazeera journalist Ahmad Baker Al-Louh along with members of the civil defence.
Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
Mayotte, France
French gendarmes clear a road in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido in the French Indian Ocean territory.
Photograph: Gendarmerie Nationale/Reuters
Damascus, Syria
People queue to use ATM machines outside a bank as governments worldwide step up efforts to engage with Syria’s new interim rulers, just over a week after Islamist-led rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of brutal rule and civil war.
Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images
Tel Aviv, Israel
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court.
Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/AFP/Getty Images
Yorkshire, UK
The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, with the mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, at a round-table discussion with regional mayors in Leeds. Rayner is officially launching the English devolution white paper, outlining the government’s plans on how it will transfer power from Westminster to regional governments across England.
Photograph: WPA/Getty Images
Avignon, France
Gisèle Pelicot and one of her lawyers, Stephane Babonneau, leave the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence’s final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot, accused of drugging her and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan.
Photograph: Clement Mahoudeau/AFP/Getty Images
Bergen, Norway
The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, right, with his Norwegian counterpart, Jonas Gahr Støre, en route to Haakonsvern naval base to announce plans for a green energy deal.
Photograph: Leon Neal/PA
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Thick smog from air pollution shrouding the capital.
Photograph: Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP/Getty Images
Sydney, Australia
A Santa testing his surf skills before Christmas Day at URBNSURF at Sydney Olympic Park.
Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty Images for URBNSURF
Moscow, Russia
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and top military officials observe a minute of silence during an expanded meeting of the Russian defence ministry board at the National Defence Control Centre.
Photograph: Alexander Kazakov/AFP/Getty Images
Tehran, Iran
People shopping at the the old grand bazaar of the capital.
Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA
Troon, UK
Kite surfers at South Beach take advantage of the weather in Scotland. The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for parts of Scotland lasting until Tuesday, as it forecast 70-100mm of rainfall.
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
New York, US
A video message by the US president-elect Donald Trump is played at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala at Cipriani’s Wall Street in New York City.
Photograph: Adam Gray/AFP/Getty Images
