Pictures of the day

• 1/20 A good Mix of guests for Christmas

  The Duchess of Cambridge was at the Christmas party for The Mix - a charity that offers support to young people under the age of 25 - along with Princes William and Harry to give the royal seal of approval to the Evening Standard's homeless helpline appeal

  Alastair Grant/PA

• 2/20 A safer future?

  A Syrian child flashes the sign for victory after being evacuated from the last rebel-held pockets of Syria's northern city of Aleppo

  Omag Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images

• 3/20 Misty morning

  A Cormorant spreads its wings in the morning mist at Hampstead Heath

  Anita Richman

• 4/20 The Brrrrrave & The Bold

  A swimmer dressed as Superman dives into Lake Geneva during the 78th "Coupe de Noel" (Christmas cup) swimming race

  Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

• 5/20 Devotion

  Kashmiri Muslims react upon seeing a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, being displayed following the festival of Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi in Srinagar

  Danish Ismail/Reuters

• 6/20 Devastation

  A Syrian man, who was evacuated from rebel-held neighbourhoods in the embattled city of Aleppo, cries upon his arrival in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Aassal region

  Baraa Al-Halabi/AFP/Getty Images

• 7/20 Preening paws

  A Sri Lankan Grey Langur grooms another at the Rangiri Dambulu ancient Buddhist cave temple in Sri Lanka

  M.A. Pushpa Kumara/EPA

• 8/20 Attention!

  Sword of honour recipient Rosie Wild shouts commands as the Officer Cadets march at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst

  Richard Pohle/The Times/PA

• 9/20 What is the bloke on the right thinking?

  Stormtroopers descend on Canary Wharf underground station in London as part of the promotion for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It was a filming location for the movie

  Matt Alexander/PA

• 10/20 Stop rattling your presents before Christmas Day

  Tigers receive Christmas treats at ZSL London Zoo

  John Stillwell/PA

• 11/20 Loved up

  A female Grey Seal gets close to her pup on a beach on the north Sea island of Helgoland, Germany

  John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

• 12/20 Jump to it

  Frontier soldiers training in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, China

  Rex Features

• 13/20 Touching Christmas

  Two-year-old Violet Webster, who has a hole in the heart, helps Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, decorate the Clarence House Christmas Tree

  Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images

• 14/20 Farewell Super Moon

  The last Super Moon of the year appeared over London

  Jeremy Selwyn

• 15/20 Eruption

  Martin Siering from Germany won a special mention for this shot of an erupting volcano in Komba island in Indonesia in the Travel Photographer of the Year awards

  Martin Siering/tpoty.com

• 16/20 Out in Force

  Three Star Wars fans dressed as Kylo Ren, Darth Maul and Chewbacca at the Grand Rex cinema in Paris on the first day of the European release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  AFP/Getty Images

• 17/20 What is going on?

  One of the hundreds of thousands of commuters delayed by the latest Southern Rail strike shows his frustration at East Croydon

  Jeremy Selwyn

• 18/20 Yes we Kan(ye)

  US President-elect Donald Trump and musician Kanye West pose for media at Trump Tower in Manhattan

  Andrew Kelly/Reuters

• 19/20 Shard of light

  Western Europe'’s highest light show transforms the London skyline as the top of The Shard is illuminated for the fourth year since opening

• 20/20 Cool sculptures

  Artists work on snow sculptures at an exhibition in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China

  Reuters