Istanbul, Turkey
A nurse holds an 11-day-old baby boy infected with Covid-19 at the intensive care unit of the Dr Feriha Oz emergency hospital in Istanbul. The hospital is a new infirmary offering some of the most advanced intensive care treatment in the country. When the pandemic first struck, Turkey was credited for quickly bringing infection rates under control. It is now experiencing an explosion in Covid cases that is putting a serious strain on its health system
Photograph: Emrah Gürel/AP
Nashville, Tennessee
Emergency personnel work in downtown Nashville after a large explosion destroyed several buildings on Christmas morning in what local police said was an ‘intentional act’
Photograph: Mark Humphrey/AP
Basra, Iraq
A demonstrator moves burning tyres during anti-government protests in Basra
Photograph: Essam al-Sudani/Reuters
White Plains, New York
Karin Casciano, a community paramedic, speaks to a patient during a home visit. The patient said the Christmas stockings were for his adult children, although he would not see them this Christmas because of the pandemic
Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images
Ramsgate, England
Lorries are parked on the runway at Manston airport as part of Operation Brock to stack lorries waiting to cross the Channel
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Prague, Czech Republic
Dancers of the Czech national ballet perform during a rehearsal for a live broadcast of The Nutcracker: A Christmas Carol at the National Theatre
Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA
Santiago, Chile
A jet of water is blasted during an anti-government protest
Photograph: Iván Alvarado/Reuters
Gaza City
Children play outside their home in the Jabalia camp
Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Quds Net News/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock
Dover, England
Security guards patrol the entrance to the ferry terminal after the port of Dover was closed when the French government banned all travel from the UK for 48 hours
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
Rome, Italy
Relatives touch each other through a plastic film screen to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the San Raffaele hospital
Photograph: Cecilia Fabiano/AP
Ghaemshahr, Iran
A volunteer wearing protective clothing prepares a grave for a person who died from coronavirus at a cemetery on the outskirts of the city
Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
Bergamo, Italy
Residents of a care home attend a Christas concert from behind a glass window
Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
Havana, Cuba
People play at a basketball court
Photograph: Ramón Espinosa/AP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Billy Briggs changes a sign to read ‘George Floyd Trial In 76 Days’ during a snowstorm at George Floyd Square
Photograph: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Kathmandu, Nepal
A worker sprays disinfectant inside a cinema before it reopens after closing during the coronavirus pandemic
Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
Hawaii
People watch an eruption from Kilauea volcano on the Big Island. The volcano had been inactive for the past two years but has reactivated this week
Photograph: Janice Wei/National Park Service/AP
Mission Viejo, California
Nurse Nicole Grecco looks through a window while working in a Covid-19 unit at Mission hospital
Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP
Sydney, Australia
A boy jumps into the water from Manly Wharf. A growing cluster of Covid-19 cases on the northern beaches of Sydney prompted health officials to urge people to stay at home
Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
Barcelona, Spain
A homeless man covered by a sheet sleeps on a bench at a public park
Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
Larnaca, Cyprus
A man dressed as Santa Claus paddles on a board
Photograph: Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters
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