The independent candidate Count Binface (right) stands with Britain's prime minister and the Conservative Party leader, Boris Johnson, as they wait for the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency-count declaration at Brunel University London, in Uxbridge, London, on December 13, 2019. #

A wallaby hops across a road to flee a fire near Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney, Australia, on December 10, 2019. Hot, dry conditions have brought an early start to the fire season. #

Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as they mark International Human Rights Day during a rally near the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on December 10, 2019. #

An anti-government demonstrator is sprayed by a police water cannon during a protest in Santiago, Chile, on December 9, 2019. Student protests have become a nationwide call for socioeconomic equality and better social services, so far forcing Chilean President Sebastián Piñera to increase benefits for the poor and disadvantaged and to start a process of constitutional reform. #

Tom O'Brien, riding Gelboe De Chanay, falls in the "Follow at the Races on Twitter" juvenile hurdle at Fontwell Park Racecourse, in Fontwell, England, on December 10, 2019. #

Taylor Swift's eyes are caught in a photographer's flash as she arrives on the red carpet for the Billboard Women in Music event in Los Angeles, California, on December 12, 2019. #

The climate-change activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the High Level Event on Climate Emergency during the United Nations climate-change conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, on December 11, 2019. #

One hundred activists hold portraits of French President Emmanuel Macron upside down to urge France to take action during the UN COP25 climate talks in Madrid, during a gathering at the place du Trocadéro, facing the Eiffel Tower, in Paris on December 8, 2019. Environmental activists around France have removed Macron's official portrait from town halls around the country in an unusual protest movement aimed at pushing him to do more to slow climate change. #

Thai oarsmen row during the royal barge ceremony along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok on December 12, 2019. The royal barge procession is the final event of the coronation of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn. #

People on a boat react as ash billows from the volcanic eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island, in New Zealand on December 9, 2019, in this picture grab obtained from a social-media video. #

Niek van der Velden of the Netherlands competes in the men's snowboard "big air" at the 2019 Air+Style Beijing FIS SnowBoard World Cup, at Shougang Park in Beijing, China, on December 12, 2019. #

Team Myanmar competes during the Kata Team Female R2 Bronze Medal Match 1 Karatedo at the World Trade Center Metro Manila on day eight of the Southeast Asian Games, in Manila, Philippines, on December 8, 2019. #

Finland's new prime minister, Sanna Marin (second from right), Minister of Education Li Andersson (left), Minister of Finance Katri Kulmuni, and Minister of Interior Maria Ohisalo (right) pose after the first government meeting, in Helsinki, Finland, on December 10, 2019. #

Reporters are escorted out of the room as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov take their seats to hold talks with their delegations at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2019. #

A woman shows yamari, also called yomari, a confection of rice flour, during the Yamari Puni festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 12, 2019. The name Yamari Puni originates from Newari words, ya meaning "like," mari meaning "delicacy," and puni meaning "full moon." People from the Newar community celebrate this festival once a year during the full moon by performing traditional songs, dancing, and preparing the yamari, which are consumed specifically during this day. #

Activists perform as victims tied to a torture device, called a parrot's perch, during an act organized by the NGO Rio de Paz to remember victims of the country's military dictatorship, on Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 10, 2019. #

Children stand in the courtyard of Cité Soleil's town hall, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on December 7, 2019, while camping out with other people fleeing from violence after the murder of a local gang leader. #

Dancers, with bandanas depicting Nicaraguan national flags on their face, prepare to take part in the 71st International Celebration of Human Rights in Managua on December 10, 2019. #

A child views statues of Jesus and Mary, depicted as refugees in cages, which form part of a Nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist Church, in Claremont, California, on December 9, 2019. #