News in Pics, November 25: Best photos from around the world

 Some of the 100 dead pilot whales stranded on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, as of the marine mammals beached themselves. Credit: AFP Photo

An Iraqi windsurfer sails on the river Tigris, in the Adhamiya district of Iraq's capital Baghdad. The latest round of violence in Iraq ended in 2017, when the government declared victory in its years-long fight against the Islamic State jihadist group. The next year, Ahmad Mazlum came up with a crazy idea: setting up Iraq's first water sports federation. Credit: AFP Photo

Santa Larry speaks with a virtual visitor at the Santa Experience in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The owners had initially set up a socially distanced set, featuring a cabin with a plexiglass window, but moved completely online after new Covid-19 restrictions were put in place after last week's executive order from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Credit: AFP Photo

A man walks by street art by @puregenius showing a skeleton holding a tray garnished with a Thanksgiving turkey topped with Coronavirus in New York City. Millions of Americans are ignoring the advice of public health experts and travelling for the Thanksgiving holiday. Credit: AFP Photo

Fishermen anchor their boat as cyclone Nivar approaches the eastern Indian coast, at Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai. Credit: AFP Photo

A priest wearing a face mask is seen blessing the faithful outside the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico City. The Basilica of Guadalupe will remain closed from December 10 to 13 during the festivities of the Virgen Morena to avoid crowds and minimize the risks of possible contagion of Covid-19 among pilgrims, the government of Mexico City and the Catholic Church informed this Monday. Credit: AFP Photo