Visitors take advantage of the weather to take photos at Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post)
Thomas Coex, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - Palestinians throw a cocktail molotov and stones towards Israeli forces on the other side of a barrier at the Qalandia checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on December 20, 2017 as protests continue following the US president's controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. / AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEXTHOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images
Dpa / Peter Kneffel / Germany Out (photo Credit Should Read Peter Kneffel) *** Bestpix ***, AFP/Getty ImagesThe Herzogstand mountain spotlighted by the afternoon sun reflects in the water of the Walchensee lake near Einsiedel, southern Germany, on Dec. 20, 2017.
#solidaritywithkarim Campaign / Handout / === Restricted To Editorial Use - Mandatory Credit "afp Photo / Ho / #solidaritywithkarim Campaign " - No Marketing - No Advertising Campaigns - Distributed As A Service To Clients ===handout, AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken on Dec. 4, 2017 shows Syrian baby Karim Abdallah who lost his left eye and his his mother in government shelling on the nearby town of Hammouria, in the rebel-held town of Beit Sawa, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
Thomas Coex, AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli forces walk past a barrier at the Qalandia checkpoint in the occupied West Bank during clashes on Dec. 20, 2017 as protests continue following the US president's controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Shwan Mohammed, AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken on Dec. 20, 2017 shows the burnt premises of the Kurdistan Islamic Union party, in the city of Raniya, 130 kilometres north of Sulaymaniyah in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, as protests against political corruption raged for a third day despite a clampdown by security forces after five people were killed. Protesters have unleashed their fury at all five of the autonomous Kurdish region's main political parties, not just the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of former regional president Massud Barzani who organised the fateful poll for independence in Sept. 2017 which drew sweeping reprisals from Baghdad and dealt a heavy blow to the region's already flagging economy.
- / China Out-, AFP/Getty ImagesA panda eats food at the Shenyang Forest Zoological Garden in Shenyang, China's northeastern Liaoning province on Dec. 20, 2017.
Arif Ali, AFP/Getty ImagesPakistani well-wishers pray for the victims of a suicide attack on a church, in Lahore on Dec. 20, 2017. A suicide bomb attack on a Pakistan church claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least eight people and wounded 30 during a service on December 17, just over a week before Christmas.
Markus Schreiber, The Associated PressA man walks through a tunnel at the government district in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.
Chandan Khanna, AFP/Getty ImagesA Chinese vendor sells Star Wars robot BB-8 shaped balloons at Shanghai Disneyland in Shanghai on Dec. 20, 2017.
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Visitors take advantage of the weather to take photos at Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post)
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A selection of photos from around the world Wednesday, December 20, 2017.
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