On December 17, 2020, President-elect of the USA Joe Biden nominated Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department. She would be the first Native American leading a cabinet-level agency if the Senate confirmed.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, their sons Hadrien and Xavier, and daughter Ella-Grace, second right, prepare to pose in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, on Sunday.
Twelve years of study boiled down into one eight-hour test for graduating high-schoolers - the 'Suneung', South Korea's college entrance exam, announced results on December 23, 2020.
About 300 children gather in Coronationville Secondary School as they wait for a food and goods distribution ahead of Christmas, led by grassroots charity Hunger Has No Religion, in Johanessburg, South Africa on Wednesday, December 23, 2020.