12 Amazing Photos You Missed This Week

An Ethiopian boy who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region gestures in the Hamdayet Village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, Dec. 15, 2020. (Photo: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters)
An Ethiopian boy who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region gestures in the Hamdayet Village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, Dec. 15, 2020. (Photo: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters)

Amid the ever-changing news cycle, it’s easy to miss great images that fly under the radar. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered.

We’re highlighting exceptional photos from around the world for the week just ended. Check them out below.

Above: An Ethiopian boy who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region gestures in the Hamdayet Village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan, on Dec. 15, 2020.

(Photo: Getty Images)
(Photo: Getty Images)

A technician checks hanging clocks at a workshop of a clock company in Yantai, in eastern China’s Shandong province, on Dec. 15, 2020.

(Photo: Noam Galai via Getty Images)
(Photo: Noam Galai via Getty Images)

People throw snowballs during a snow storm in Times Square on Dec. 16, 2020, in New York City.

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(Photo: Bruce Bennett via Getty Images)

In an aerial view from a drone, residents take advantage of the small hills and the recent snowfall to sled at Mattlin Middle School on Dec. 17, 2020, in Plainview, New York. The Long Island region was blanketed with between 6 inches and 1 foot of snow in their first snow storm of the season.

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(Photo: Seth Wenig/AP)
(Photo: Seth Wenig/AP)

A boy plays on a mound of snow in front of the skyline of New York City in West New York, New Jersey, on Dec. 17, 2020.

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(Photo: Mark Evans via Getty Images)

A girl dives under a wave at Bondi Beach as temperatures reached 29 degrees Celsius or 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit on Dec. 17, 2020, in Sydney, Australia.

(Photo: Gary Hershorn via Getty Images)
(Photo: Gary Hershorn via Getty Images)

A crescent moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty on Dec. 17, 2020, in New York City.

(Photo: Carlos Barria / Reuters)
(Photo: Carlos Barria / Reuters)

A man dressed as Santa Claus uses special protective glasses to observe the solar eclipse over South America, visible in parts of Chile and Argentina, in Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina, on Dec. 14, 2020.

(Photo: Craig F. Walker / Reuters)
(Photo: Craig F. Walker / Reuters)

Physician Alister Martin receives one of the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from RN Jennifer Lisciotti at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 16, 2020.

(Photo: VCG via Getty Images)
(Photo: VCG via Getty Images)

Aerial view of the Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, 415.2 meters in height, being surrounded by heavy fog on Dec. 12, 2020, in Tianjin, China.

(Photo: HIMANSHU SHARMA via Getty Images)
(Photo: HIMANSHU SHARMA via Getty Images)

In this picture taken on Dec. 14, 2020, a camel owner is silhouetted against the rising sun as he waits for tourists for camel safari in Jaisalmer in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan.

(Photo: Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)
(Photo: Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)

A giant panda plays after snow at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Dec. 17, 2020.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.

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