December 1, 2021

A narrow opening is seen next to a house covered with ash on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain.

Traditional dancers in grass skirts welcome travelers in Nadi, Fiji, as the island nation opens its borders to international travelers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and harmed its tourism-dependent economy.

Medical workers wearing protective clothing are seen inside the Airbus A310-900 MRTT MedEvac Hermann Koehl of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as they prepare an airlift and transport of patients infected with COVID-19 to other intensive care units (ICU) in the country, at Dresden International Airport, Saxony, eastern Germany.

Abortion rights activists and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Pope Francis is cheered by nuns at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Migrants settle in the logistics center of the checkpoint "Bruzgi" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus.

People attend a vigil at LakePoint Community Church in Oxford, Michigan, Nov. 30, 2021. Officials say a 15-year-old student opened fire at Oxford High School, killing several students and wounding many other people, including a teacher. 

A restoration company vehicle sits in a flooded field after rainstorms lashed the western Canadian province, causing landslides and floods and shutting highways, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Nov. 30, 2021.

Rihanna Fenty (right) is presented with the honor of Barbados' 11th National Hero by President Dame Sandra Mason (left) during the National Honors ceremony and Independence Day Parade at Golden Square Freedom Park in Bridgetown, Nov. 30, 2021