London, UK
Wrestlers participate in the Christmas Slaycation, a live heavy metal and high-flying wrestling show featuring masked performers, at the O2 Arena
Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

Rome, Italy
The cardinal vicar of Rome, Baldassare Reina, opens the Holy Door for the Catholic holy year of the jubilee 2025 in the Basilica of St John Lateran
Photograph: Angelo Carconi/EPA

Kandahar, Afghanistan
Women in burqas ride in the back of a vehicle
Photograph: Sanaullah Seiam/AFP/Getty Images

Muan-gun, South Korea
Firefighters and rescue personnel at the scene of a plane crash at Muan international airport
Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Muan-gun, South Korea
Soldiers search for missing passengers near the scene of the plane crash
Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

Frankfurt, Germany
A person walks with a dog in a park after snowfall
Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

Ibi, Spain
Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in a flour battle. In the 200-year-old traditional winter festival of Els Enfarinats, participants stage a mock coup as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers
Photograph: Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images

Chennai, India
A student poses with her face and hands painted for new year celebrations at a college
Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images

Marienberg, Cameroon
A chimpanzee climbs creepers after picking fruit and vegetables brought by volunteers in the Douala-Edea natural park
Photograph: Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP/Getty Images

New York, US
Debutantes take a selfie as they attend the 70th-anniversary International Debutante Ball and Dinner Dance at the Plaza hotel
Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

Tbilisi, Georgia
Mikheil Kavelashvili, elected by lawmakers as Georgia’s new president, takes the oath during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament
Photograph: Irakli Gedenidze/AFP/Getty Images

Calabar, Nigeria
A participant in the annual Calabar carnival
Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images

Tel Aviv, Israel
A demonstrator shows a message on her hands reading ‘stop the war’, as relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza gathered in front of the defence ministry to demand a ceasefire
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

New York, US
A man makes a giant bubble in Central Park
Photograph: Marko Đurica/Reuters

Van, Turkey
Soldiers maintain their duties in harsh winter weather at the Güllük border post near Iran
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Cullercoats Bay, UK
Early morning swimmers on the north-east coast of England
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
