December 21, 2020

A police officer directs traffic at the entrance to the closed ferry terminal in Dover, England, after the Port of Dover was closed and use of the Eurotunnel terminal suspended following the French government's announcement. France banned all travel from Britain for 48 hours from midnight Sunday because of a new coronavirus strain.

A person rides past a bullock cart carrying large containers of wheat straw in the Bareilly district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pope Francis exchanges holidays greeting with Vatican employees in the Paul VI hall, Vatican City.

An Iraqi woman, dressed as Santa Claus, rides her bicycle in the old city of Mosul.

In this image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava flows from the Halema’uma’u crater of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Dec. 20, 2020.

REACT EMS paramedics prepare to carry an 87-year-old woman who had been exposed to COVID-19 and was experiencing signs of sickness, in Meeker, Oklahoma, Dec. 20, 2020.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a media briefing in London.

Farmers get their feet rubbed inside a tent as they continue to demonstrate against the central government's recent agricultural reforms, blocking a highway at the Delhi-Haryana state border in Singhu, India.

People walk under winter lights in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo, Japan.