Montecito, California, US

The Thomas wildfire burns above a residential area
Photograph: Reuters

London, England

Wax figures of Theresa May and Boris Johnson are dressed for Save the Children’s Christmas jumper day at Madame Tussauds
Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

London, England

An anti-Brexit protester wears EU flag-themed socks outside the Houses of Parliament
Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters

Nanjing, China

A crowd attends a ceremony at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. Xi Jinping presided over a sombre ceremony marking the wartime massacre in the city by Japanese troops
Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

Istanbul, Turkey

A protester wears a mask – illustrated with Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock mosque – at a rally against Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the venue of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s extraordinary summit
Photograph: Emrah Gurel/AP

Zhejiang, China

A worker hangs dried fish at a processing facility on the outskirts of Hangzhou
Photograph: CSN/Reuters

Paris, France

Emmanuel Macron and Arnold Schwarzenegger take a selfie in front of the Eiffel Tower after the One Planet Summit
Photograph: Thibault Camus/EPA

Singapore

A king penguin looks at her two-month-old chick in its enclosure at Jurong bird park. It is the park’s first successful hatching in almost a decade
Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, South Pacific

A photograph made available by Nasa shows a newly formed island which was expected to last just a few months after a submarine volcano erupted violently in December 2014. It could now last up to 30 years, according to a Nasa-led study
Photograph: Nasa/EPA

Ziguinchor, Senegal

Queen Letizia of Spain (2nd L) watches a performance during a visit to Ziguinchor. She is on a four-day visit to Senegal to support Spanish co-operation projects
Photograph: Handout/Getty Images

Strasbourg, France

The UK MEP Nigel Farage speaks in the European parliament during a plenary session on Brexit
Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Gokulnagar, India

A leopard is stuck in a dry well before being tranquilised and rescued by forest officials in a residential area of Guwahati
Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images