Today in Pictures, Dec 15, 2020

Singapore's phase 3 begins on Dec 28, solar eclipse darkens skies in South America, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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December 15, 2020 at 5:40 PM

Tampines residents listening to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s address on Dec 14, 2020, where he announced that Singapore will begin phase 3 on Dec 28.
PHOTO: THS STRAITS TIMES/KHALID BABA

A bird is seen next to a solar eclipse, visible in parts of Chile, Argentina and Brazil, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Dec 14, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man wearing a protective mask points his guns outside the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., Dec 13, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A box of Pfizer/BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccine is delivered from a UPS truck past news photographers to the Maimonides long term care home in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Dec 14, 2020.
PHOTO: QUEBEC MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES VIA REUTERS

A picture made with a drone shows an interior view of a vaccination center in the dm Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany, Dec 14, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Russia's Angara-A5 rocket blasts off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia on Dec 14, 2020.
PHOTO: RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY VIA AFP

People sing as they attend a drive-in carol service organised by the Watling Valley Churches, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Milton Keynes, Britain, Dec 13, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Nihang (Sikh warrior) kisses his horse at the site of a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near New Delhi, India, Dec 14, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A photo issued on Dec 14, 2020, shows tourists looking at an illuminated ice sculpture at the Changchun Ice-Snow Grand World in Changchun, in northeastern China's Jilin province on Dec 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

People walk near huge light sculptures of polar bears installed as part of decoration for the New Year and Christmas holidays in a district of Moscow, Russia, Dec 14, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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