December 18, 2020

Palestinian protesters use slingshots against Israeli soldiers during clashes, at the outskirts of the West Bank village of Mughayer, north of Ramallah.

The hand of an activist is connected to a door of one of the entrances to Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A group of schoolboys is led by Nigerian military and officials following their release after they were kidnapped last week, in Katsina, Nigeria.

Newborn conjoined twins lie in an incubator at the child intensive care unit of al-Sabeen hospital in Yemen's capital Sanaa. The boys, born in war-torn Yemen, are in critical condition and in need of treatment in another country, the hospital said.

A mask-wearing Egyptian policeman rides a camel in front of the Giza Pyramids on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo.

People push a half-underwater tricycle through a flooded street due to heavy rains caused by tropical depression Vicky in San Francisco town, Agusan del sur province on the southern island of Mindanao, Philippines.

An old woman sits in the living room of a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain. Some parts of Spain are increasing health restrictions for the holidays with new cases already on the rise.

Austria's Tamara Tippler is covered in snow as she gets to the finish line after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Val d'Isere, France.

Young Sikh believers perform "Gatka," an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, during a religious event in Amritsar, India.

Volcanic lightning over Mount Sakurajima is pictured from Tarumizu city, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, Dec. 17, 2020.