Photos of the day

A surfing Santa and kite surfers in Scotland: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Berlin, Germany

The chancellor, Olaf Scholz, addresses the Bundestag on a day where the only item on the agenda is a confidence vote, submitted by Scholz to pave the way for new elections in February

Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA

Nuseirat, Gaza

People search through the debris of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike the day before which killed the Al Jazeera journalist Ahmad Baker Al-Louh along with members of the civil defence

Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

Mayotte, France

French gendarmes clear a road in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido in the French Indian Ocean territory

Photograph: Gendarmerie Nationale/Reuters

Damascus, Syria

People queue to use ATM machines outside a bank as governments worldwide step up efforts to engage with Syria’s new interim rulers, just over a week after Islamist-led rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of brutal rule and civil war

Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images

Tel Aviv, Israel

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court

Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/AFP/Getty Images

Leeds, UK

The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, with the mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, at a roundtable discussion with regional mayors in Leeds. Rayner is officially launching the English devolution white paper, outlining the government’s plans on how it will transfer power from Westminster to regional governments across England

Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Avignon, France

Gisèle Pelicot and one of her lawyers, Stéphane Babonneau, leave the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence’s final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot, accused of drugging her and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan

Photograph: Clement Mahoudeau/AFP/Getty Images

Bergen, Norway

The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, right, with his Norwegian counterpart, Jonas Gahr Støre, en route to Haakonsvern naval base to announce plans for a green energy deal

Photograph: Leon Neal/PA

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Thick smog from air pollution shrouding the capital

Photograph: Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP/Getty Images

Sydney, Australia

A Santa testing his surf skills before Christmas Day at URBNSURF at Sydney Olympic Park

Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty Images for URBNSURF

Moscow, Russia

Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and top military officials observe a minute of silence during an expanded meeting of the Russian defence ministry board at the National Defence Control Centre

Photograph: Alexander Kazakov/AFP/Getty Images

Tehran, Iran

People shopping at the the old grand bazaar of the capital

Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Troon, UK

Kite surfers at South Beach take advantage of the weather in Scotland. The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for parts of Scotland lasting until Tuesday, as it forecast 70-100mm of rainfall

Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

New York, US

A video message by the US president-elect, Donald Trump, is played at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala at Cipriani’s Wall Street in New York City

Photograph: Adam Gray/AFP/Getty Images