Images of the day, 04/12/20

1A diver dressed as Santa Claus swims in a large fish tank during a performance at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday that the pandemic situation is "extremely alarming", with infected and seriously ill people in record numbers, and announced new economic aid.

KIM KYUNG-HOON REUTERS

2Row of wreaths in front of newly opened graves, in an area designated for deaths from coronavirus, in a cemetery in Thessaloniki (Greece).

ALEXANDROS AVRAMIDIS REUTERS

3A young Rohingya woman looks out the window of a bus during its transfer.

More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees set sail from Chittagong port in southern Bangladesh on Friday for the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal.

MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN REUTERS

4View of the port of Belagoa (Navarra) that has accumulated about 15 centimeters of snow thickness.

Jesus Diges EFE

5A dancer, wearing a face shield, performs in a temple in Bangkok, Thailand.

The country is tightening security along the border with Myanmar due to several outbreaks of coronavirus.

DIEGO AZUBEL EFE

6A firefighter walks past a wall of fire at a recycling center in Riverside, California.

Will Lester AP

7Mural with the image of Queen Elizabeth II before putting a letter in a mailbox after a snowfall in Pitlochry (Scotland).

RUSSELL CHEYNE REUTERS

8A couple prepare to swim in Lake Starnberger in Percha, Germany at sunset.

Matthias Schrader AP

9The 2-year-old boy, Panchito Vicente, is reflected in the screen while visiting Santa Claus in a shopping center in Commerce (California).

LUCY NICHOLSON REUTERS

10A group of Sikh warriors take part in a protest against the new agricultural laws recently passed, in the vicinity of New Delhi, India.

DANISH SIDDIQUI REUTERS

11Christmas atmosphere outside a shopping mall in Bangkok (Thailand).

Mladen ANTONOV AFP