This is a selection of photos taken today from all around the world to inform you what happened this day. Take a look at these photos to keep abreast of what’s going on in the world. Remember that one photo says more than thousands words.

From a couple who mourns the loss of one of their children (R) in the rebel-held besieged town of Douma to a worker who prepares a Bhelaghar structure, made of bamboo and straw, all these photos will certainly give you the information you need.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

Douma, Syria

A couple mourn the loss of one of their children (R) in the rebel-held besieged town of Douma following air strikes on the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus. The child, named Amir, was wounded during air strikes on the town of Saqba and was evacuated to Douma where he died
Photograph: Hamza Al-Ajweh/AFP/Getty Images

Panmunjom, South Korea

The head of the North Korean delegation Ri Son-Gwon (C) crosses a border line to attend a meeting at in the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea. South and North Korea are scheduled to begin their first official face-to-face talks in two years
Photograph: Pool/Getty Images

East China Sea

Smoke rises from the Panama-registered Sanchi tanker carrying Iranian oil, ablaze after it collided with a Chinese freight ship
Photograph: Reuters

Manila, Philippines

Catholics carry the Black Nazarene, a statue of a cross-bearing Jesus Christ, at the start of its annual procession in Manila
Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India

A coin diver stands on the bank of the polluted Yamuna river. The divers make their living by collecting coins which have been thrown into the river for good luck
Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Queensland, Australia

An endangered dead Great Hammerhead shark is found in a shark net off a beach on the Gold Coast. Activists are calling for the Queensland government to remove the nets
Photograph: Sea Shepherd Australia/EPA

St Petersburg, Russia

Performers work with fireworks during a Christmas Star light show near the Peter and Paul Fortress
Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/TASS

Gaillac, France

Visitors admire giant lanterns installed at the Foucaud Park for the Lantern Festival. Thirty-six scenes and nearly five hundred monumental silk sculptures are on display
Photograph: Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia

A storm front sweeps up the coast of New South Wales
Photograph: Michele Mossop/Getty Images

Assam, India

A worker prepares a Bhelaghar structure, made of bamboo and straw, as part of celebrations ahead of the Magh Bihu festival in the Morigaon district
Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters