Douma, Syria

Red Cross staff take part in an evacuation. Critically ill patients are being moved from the besieged rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta
Photograph: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees wait for a rice delivery at the Nayapara refugee camp
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees at the Balukhali refugee camp
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Ballyheigue, Ireland

Riders participate in traditional Christmas beach races
Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Jerusalem

People walk along the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City
Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Ramallah, West Bank

Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers following Friday prayers as protests continue against Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Photograph: Shadi Hatem/EPA

Gaza City

Palestinians on the beach in Gaza City
Photograph: Mahmud Hams/Getty Images

Chitwan, Nepal

A peacock spreads its feathers
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Kabul

Security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack
Photograph: Hedayatullah Amid/EPA

Moscow

A police officer stands at the entrance to a pedestrian underpass into which a bus swerved, killing at least four people
Photograph: Alexey Abanin/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who submitted his registration as a presidential candidate, heads to a meeting with the central election committee
Photograph: Evgeny Feldman/AP

Lima, Peru

A demonstrator throws a teargas canister back toward the police during a protest against the pardoning of the country’s former president Alberto Fujimori

Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP

San Isidro, Puerto Rico

Isamar holds her baby Saniel at their makeshift home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Maria
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Morovis, Puerto Rico

Six-year-old Melanie Oliveras González on the balcony of her house. The roof of the family home was torn off by Hurricane Maria
Photograph: Carlos Giusti/AP

Tokyo, Japan

A man contemplates a lake in Ueno park
Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Melbourne

Firefighters try to contain a fire at Cheltenham Park
Photograph: Luis Enrique Ascui/EPA

New York

New members of New York City’s police department take part in a swearing-in ceremony
Photograph: Alba Vigaray/EPA

Unterjoch, Germany

A starry sky over a snowy landscape
Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP/Getty Images

Inari, Finland

The aurora borealis illuminate the sky
Photograph: Irene Stachon/Reuters

Raqqa, Syria

A member of the Syrian Arab-Kurdish forces places a cross in the rubble before a Christmas celebration
Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images