London lights and a cuddly cub: Monday's best photos Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Main image: A leopard cub that was rescued from an attempted smuggling operation drinks milk. Photograph: Antara Foto/Reuters Mon 16 Dec 2019 14.46 EST First published on Mon 16 Dec 2019 09.29 EST Frankfurt, GermanyA girl rides a horse on a merry-go-round at the Christmas market Photograph: Michael Probst/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sana’a, YemenA woman plays billiards during a local championship Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Allahabad, IndiaLabourers rest during construction of a temporary floating bridge over the Ganges for the Magh Mela Photograph: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Skopje, North MacedoniaHeavy fog and air pollution blanket Skopje valley at dawn Photograph: Georgi Licovski/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kunming, ChinaBlack-headed gulls feeding at Cuihu Park Photograph: Costfoto/Barcroft Media Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Yorkshire Dales, UKA gritter ploughs snow on a lane in Fleet Moss Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter London, UKJacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the Commons, arrives at Whitehall. Boris Johnson is poised to announce a cabinet reshuffle Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter London, UKLarry, the 10 Downing Street cat, hides under a Christmas tree Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rosyth, ScotlandTons of brussels sprouts close a main route between Queensferry Crossing and Kincardine Bridge after they spilled across the carriageway when a tractor shed its load Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter London, UKThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Nadiya Hussain and Mary Berry admire their Christmas meringue roulades at the Rosewood London hotel. The couple will appear alongside the celebrity cooks on the BBC One show A Berry Royal Christmas Photograph: Shine TV/Kensington Palace/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Welling, UKChristmas lights illuminate a house and garden in Danson Crescent, in the south-east London suburb Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Belfast, UKCampaigners for an Irish Language act protest outside Parliament Buildings as talks to restore the Northern Ireland Powersharing executive begin at Stormont Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Zaporizhzhia, UkraineA man dressed as Saint Nicholas talks to a boy at a historical site in the city Photograph: Dmytro Smolyenko/Ukrinform/Barcroft Media Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Moscow, RussiaA vendor dressed as Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden) in the GUM State Department store Photograph: Pavel Golovkin/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bastogne, BelgiumThe US defence secretary, Mark Esper, Polish president, Andrzej Duda, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Philippe of Belgium, Great Duke Henry of Luxembourg and the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, attend a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge at the Mardasson Memorial Photograph: Julien Warnand/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Hasankeyf, TurkeyThe 15th-century Rizk mosque is transported from the ancient town, which will soon be flooded by the Ilısu dam Photograph: Sertaç Kayar/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter London, UKMembers of the Household Cavalry in the stable area after rehearsing at Olympia for the International Horse Show Photograph: Jeff Gilbert/Rex/Shutterstock Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Dohar, QatarEsperance Sportive de Tunis’s supporters cheer for their team during the Fifa Club World Cup second round match against Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia Photograph: Chine Nouvelle/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Essaouira, MoroccoA traditional group performs to celebrate the Gnawa culture’s inclusion on Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Santiago, ChileA woman argues with a riot police officer during an anti-government protest Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Lucknow, IndiaStudents of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama are stopped by police during a protest against a new citizenship law Photograph: Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Paris, FranceCommuters wait for a train at Châtelet station during a strike by railway staff Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Srinagar, IndiaA Kashmiri woman rows a boat on Dal Lake after heavy snowfall Photograph: Idrees Abbas/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Riau, IndonesiaA rescued leopard cub drinks milk Photograph: Antara Foto/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics Photography Photos of the day