World in focus - best photos for December 8, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Sunrise over the Wawel Royal Castle, in Krakow, southern Poland. EPA

Former wrestler Dan Gable speaks before being presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom award from US President Donald Trump, right, during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House. Bloomberg

A Kashmiri man sells umbrellas on a pavement as it rains in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. AP Photo

Cyclists compete in the local Al-Silm cycling race in the desert outside Dubai. AFP

Britain's Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Dean of Salisbury, the Very Reverend Nicholas Papadopulos walk during a visit in celebration of the 800th anniversary of Salisbury Cathedral, in Salisbury, Britain. Reuters

Volunteer Fatima Sanson, dressed up as Mrs Claus, embraces a needy child in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. AFP

Vendors sell hats and souvenirs in the village of Tarma Bir, Ethiopia. AFP

Indian security personnel patrol amid foggy condition during a nationwide general strike called by farmers to protest against the recent agricultural reforms at the Delhi-Haryana state border in Singhu. AFP

A man wearing a face mask walks past a mural in the centre of Madrid. AFP

Lava erupts from Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion. AFP

Margaret Keenan, 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first person in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine. EPA

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