The traditional giant Christmas tree of the Galeries Lafayette department store stands under its great dome in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a series of restrictions in anticipation of a wave of Omicron cases. A man knits traditional Banarasi sari in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Christmas trees and Santa Clauses decorate the entrance to the beach in Haffkrug, northern Germany. A rainbow above the Israeli settlement of Eli, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. A couple walks towards a Christmas tree in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. A view of Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires where social organisations gathered for the 20th anniversary of the "corralito" – a governmental economic measure that restricted US dollar withdrawals and almost froze bank accounts, leading to protests and riots. A woman holds a child as they stand inside a Christmas tree made of lights in Vigo, Spain. Geese fly overhead as the first winter frost blankets the fields in Oudeland van Strijen.