Best photographs of the weekend: Dakar fashion week and refugees in Sudan

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

Main image: A fashion model gets the final touches done to her outfit during Dakar Fashion Week in Dakar. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

  • Warsaw, Poland

    People take part in a demonstration organised by Women’s Strike against a tightening of abortion laws
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    Warsaw, Poland. People protest against a tightening of abortion laws

  • Portage, Michigan

    Boxes containing the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at a Pfizer plant
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    Portage, Michigan. Boxes containing Covid-19 vaccines are prepared to be shipped at a Pfizer plant

  • Ghaziabad, India

    Farmers protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Hundreds of farmers from states such as Punjab and Haryana have blocked some of the highways leading to Delhi for more than two weeks.
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    Ghaziabad, India. Farmers protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border

  • Montpellier, France

    Dancers from the group Les Essentiels perform in protest against the government’s health policy and decisions with regard to the cultural industry in France
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    Montpellier, France. Dancers perform in protest against the government’s health policy

  • Bridlington, England

    Lobsters are processed at Bridlington harbour after the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said she and Boris Johnson had agreed to go the extra mile and continue negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal
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    Bridlington, England. Lobsters are processed at Bridlington harbour

  • Brussels, Belgium

    Ursula von der Leyen arrives at the EU headquarters to deliver the statement that Britain and the EU’s talks on a free trade agreement will continue
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    Brussels, Belgium. Ursula von der Leyen at the EU headquarters

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Hindu devotees perform rituals in memory of deceased family members during the Bala Chaturdashi festival at the Pashupatinath temple
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    Kathmandu, Nepal. Hindu devotees at the Pashupatinath temple

  • Gedaref, Sudan

    Children who fled the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia queue for food distributed by Muslim Aid at the Um Raquba refugee camp
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    Gedaref, Sudan. Ethiopian refugee children at the Um Raquba refugee camp

  • Keraniganj, Bangladesh

    Labourers work on a field on the outskirts of Dhaka (this caption was amended on 18 December 2020 because an earlier version incorrectly located Keraniganj in Sri Lanka)
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    Keraniganj, Bangladesh. Labourers work on a field on the outskirts of Dhaka (this caption was amended on 18 December 2020 because an earlier version incorrectly located Keraniganj in Sri Lanka)

  • Gold Coast, Australia

    A surfer takes advantage of wild surf conditions at Snapper Rocks. Heavy rainfall, high winds and flooding was forecast for the region
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    Gold Coast, Australia. A surfer at Snapper Rocks

  • Paris, France

    People protest against a draft bill, known as the global security law, prohibiting taking and publishing photos of police with malevolent intent. Critics said the ban would make it difficult to document policy brutality
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    Paris, France. People protest against a security law

  • Dakar, Senegal

    Models prepare for the runway during Dakar fashion week
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    Dakar, Senegal. Models prepare for the runway during Dakar fashion week

  • New York

    Donald Trump joins West Point cadets during the army-navy football game at Michie Stadium in West Point
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    New York. Donald Trump and West Point cadets

  • San Francisco, California

    City Hall is illuminated in green to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord
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    San Francisco, California. City Hall is illuminated in green

  • Seoul, South Korea

    A medical worker keeps warm inside a booth as she prepares to conduct a Covid-19 test
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    Seoul, South Korea. A medical worker keeps warm inside a booth

  • Melbourne, Australia

    A ballet dancer poses in a giant plastic bubble as she entertains Christmas shoppers
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    Melbourne, Australia. A ballet dancer in a giant plastic bubble entertains Christmas shoppers

  • Arlington, Texas

    Steer wrestler Jacob Elder slides off his horse on the way to a first-place time during the National Finals Rodeo at Globe Life Field
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    Arlington, Texas. Steer wrestler Jacob Elder slides off his horse

  • Medellín, Colombia

    A woman smokes a joint during a rally demanding the decriminalization of marijuana in Antioquia province
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    Medellín, Colombia. A woman smokes a joint

  • Caracas, Venezuela

    Juan Guaido, the Venezuelan opposition leader and recognised by many members of the international community as the country’s rightful interim ruler, addresses the media in Bolivar Square.
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    Caracas, Venezuela. Juan Guaido addresses the media in Bolivar Square
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