Wednesday Dec. 23, Our World In Pictures
BEIJING — Santas Deliver Food: Food delivery drivers dressed in Santa Claus suits cross an intersection on a day with strong air pollution on Wednesday. Although not an official holiday in China, Christmas is marked as a shopping and commercial event in the country’s capital.
ENGLAND — Sun Rises: The sun rises by the lighthouse at Tynemouth as a storm is expect to hit the country with rain and winds up to 70mph in the run-up to Christmas Day, on Wednesday. The bad weather has prompted weather warnings from the Met Office and fears of further flooding in the North, as well as concerns about effects on transport and communication links.