News in Pics, December 22: Best photos from around the world

People enjoy the sunset over the Pincio hill overlooking Saint Peter's dome, on the day of the winter solstice in Rome. Credit: AFP

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People take pictures of an illuminated giant Christmas bear in a main commercial street of Athens. Credit: AFP

A medical worker in a protective suit attends to a Covid-19 patient at the intensive care unit (ICU) at the university hospital in Aachen, Germany. Credit: Reuters

String of Peppers: A vendor sells vegetables at Marina Beach,in Chennai. Credit: PTI

Watch repairman Youssef Abdelkarim sits at his workshop on Rasheed Street in Iraq's capital Baghdad. Abdelkarim began fixing watches at the age of 11, after the death of his paternal grandfather, who opened the store in the 1940s. Credit: AFP