Worcestershire, England

Making the most of the drifting overnight snow in the Cotswold hills
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Beijing, China

Tree lights are prepared ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations
Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Vatican City

Members of the Golden Circus by Liana Orfei arrive dressed as giant polar bears to perform a routine for Pope Francis
Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images

Inner Mongolia, China

Xilingol herdsmen tame horses on snow-covered grasslands
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

Douma, Syria

Staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross assist a child during an evacuation operation in the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus
Photograph: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images

Mumbai, India

Biju Nair gets ready for his performance at the Rambo Circus. Once a young runaway, he has been with the company for 38 years, 18 as a clown.
Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA

London, England

Prince Harry in the studio during an interview with the Met police commissioner, Cressida Dick, for the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, which he guest-edited
Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA

Yangon, Myanmar

Kyaw Soe Oo, a Reuters reporter, looks out of a police vehicle as he leaves a court where he was remanded for flying a drone. The case has raised concerns about press freedom in the country
Photograph: Reuters

Xi’an, China

High-speed bullet trains at the China Railway depot in Shaanxi province
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia

Manezhnaya Square is decorated for the festive season
Photograph: Marina Lystseva/Tass

Melbourne, Australia

Emergency services tackle a fire at Cheltenham Park
Photograph: Luis Enrique Ascui/EPA

St Petersburg, Russia

A wire fox terrier gets a festive makeover at a grooming salon
Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/Tass/Getty Images

Melbourne, Australia

Spectators dressed as Richie Benaud during day two of the fourth Ashes test match between Australia and England
Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Gloucestershire, England

Sheep are driven to another field in the snowy Cotswolds
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA