December 12, 2019

Visitors watch the annual year-end illumination in the Shiodome district in Tokyo, Japan.

A police officer and a man perform a Hongi after a ceremony called "Karakia," attended by Ngati Awa representatives and relatives of the victims of the volcano eruption, at the Mataatua Marae house in Whakatane, New Zealand.

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson holds his dog Dilyn as he leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London.

An Iraqi demonstrator carries molotov cocktails during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad.

Horsemen head to the airport as they prepare to welcome Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on his return from the Peace Nobel Prize ceremony, in Addis Ababa.

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., speaks as chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., listens during a markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A heron looks for fish in a river in Kumamoto, Japan.

A pilgrim carries a statuette of the Virgin of Guadalupe on his back during the annual celebrations at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle participate in a community service event at the Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

People watch an Airbus 380 approaching the Nice airport along the French Riviera.

A sculpture of boxers is seen at an abandoned pioneer camp in the village of Chernoluchye in the Omsk region of Russia, Dec. 11, 2019.

Cargo trucks turn off the Trans-Amazon highway onto route BR-163 in Campo Verde, near Itaituba, Para state, Brazil.