December 2020, day by day.

Cove of Spires in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA (© Sekar B/Shutterstock)

2020-12-01

Christmas Market in Main Square of Braşov, Romania (© Alpineguide/Alamy)

2020-12-02

Indian Navy soldiers demonstrate their skills as they play drums during a rehearsal ahead of Navy Day (© Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

2020-12-03

The village of Benasque, Huesca, Spain (© Miscelleneoustock/Alamy)

2020-12-04

Elevated path in Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia (© Alessandro Laporta/Offset by Shutterstock)

2020-12-05

African elephants in Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa (© Robert Harding/Alamy)

2020-12-06

Rocca Calascio in Abruzzo, Italy (© Francesco Russo/eStock Photo)

2020-12-07

Bletchley Park bombe code cracking decryption machine, United Kingdom (© Louis Berk/Alamy)

2020-12-08

Sleeping Arctic fox (© Menno Schaefer/Getty Images)

2020-12-09

Dark clouds over the Western Ghats, Pune (© Shantanu Magdum/EyeEm/Getty Images)

2020-12-10

Poinsettia leaf close-up (© Charles Floyd/Alamy)

2020-12-11

Queen of the Andes plants with the Cordillera Blanca massif in the background, Peru (© Cyril Ruoso/Minden Pictures)

2020-12-11

Gornergrat railway station and the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland (© coolbiere photograph/Getty Images)

2020-12-12

Pine grosbeak (© Peter Lilja/Getty Images)

2020-12-13

Gornergrat railway station and the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland (© coolbiere photograph/Getty Images)

2020-12-13

Bastei Bridge above the Elbe river in Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany (© Reinhard Schmid/eStock Photo)

2020-12-14

Close-up of Christmas tree decorations in Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales (© Karin de Mamiel/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

2020-12-14

Ludwig van Beethoven sculptures and monument at the Münsterplatz, Bonn, Germany (© dpa/Alamy Live News)

2020-12-15

The English National Ballet's 2016 production of 'The Nutcracker' at the London Coliseum in London, England (© Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)

2020-12-16

Tre Cime di Lavaredo as seen from the Lavaredo fork, Sexten Dolomites, Italy (© AWL Images/Danita Delimont)

2020-12-17

Pine cones, Netherlands (© Marcel ter Bekke/Getty Images)

2020-12-17

Snowy Norway spruce forest at sunset, Thuringia, Germany (© Frank Sommariva/ImageBROKER/Offset by Shutterstock)

2020-12-17

Early morning frost on trees in Mount Siguniang National Park in Sichuan Province, China (© Robert Harding World Imagery/Offset by Shutterstock)

2020-12-18

Basilica of Bom Jesus, the most famous church of Old Goa (© Cindy Miller Hopkins/DanitaDelimont.com)

2020-12-18

Mountain goat kid in western Montana, USA (© Donald M. Jones/Minden Pictures)

2020-12-19

Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, United Kingdom (© Alan Copson/plainpicture)

2020-12-20

Holiday lights on Cape Neddick Light in York, Maine, USA (© Walter Bibikow/Alamy)

2020-12-21

Banded pipefish near Moalboal, Philippines (© Jenna Szerlag/Alamy)

2020-12-22

Northern lights and wild reindeer on the tundra in Norway (© Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

2020-12-23

Australian Christmas sandman with decorations on Bondi Beach, NSW (© fogaas/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

2020-12-24

Colourful Christmas stars on sale in a market in Kerala (© Santosh Varky/Alamy Stock Photo)

2020-12-24

Santa's giant sleigh and mailbox, Ilulissat, Greenland (© Walter Bibikow/Jon Arnold Images Ltd/Alamy)

2020-12-25

Blue tit (left) and great tit in snowfall, Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, France (© Michel Rauch/Minden Pictures)

2020-12-25

Families play on the snow-covered slopes at Barnett Demesne Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland (© Stephen Barnes/Alamy)

2020-12-25

Saint-Denis Street and Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City (© Yves Marcoux/First Light/Alamy Stock Photo)

2020-12-26

Nabana no Sato garden at night in Kuwana, Japan (© Zoonar GmbH/Alamy)

2020-12-26

Ibón de Plan, a lake in the Pyrenees of Huesca, Aragón, Spain (© Getty Images)

2020-12-27

Canada lynx in Montana, USA (© Alan and Sandy Carey/Minden Pictures)

2020-12-27

Snow boarder in Whistler, B.C. (© John Crux/Alamy Stock Photo)

2020-12-28

Old town of Lucerne, Switzerland (© Xantana/Getty Images)

2020-12-28

Green turtle swimming over a coral reef, Lady Elliot Island, Queensland (© seanscott/Getty Images)

2020-12-29

Winter in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA (© Don Paulson/Danita Delimont)

2020-12-29

Fireworks during a New Year's Eve celebration in Zaragoza, Spain (© Martina Badini/Shutterstock)

2020-12-30

New Year's Eve fireworks at the Gateway of India, Mumbai (© INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)

2020-12-30

Polar bear in waters off Svalbard, Norway (© Westend61/Getty Images)

2020-12-31