News in Pics, December 9: Best photos from around the world

Firefighters tackle a blaze at a homeless encampment in Montebello, California, US. Credit: Reuters

St Mary Medical Center staff work inside a triage tent to handle the overflow at its 200 bed hospital during the outbreak of the Covid-19 in Apple Valley, California, US. Credit: Reuters

Tourists on a pirate ship pass in front of the SpaceX's Starship SN8 after the launching was aborted 1.3 seconds before ignition from their facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US. Credit: Reuters

Iranian Qasem Sheyasi holds his Iranian and Egyptian travel documents in his house in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. He used to be longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's bodyguard and he made quite clear that he is no longer in Gaza by choice. Credit: AFP

Two children look at an animated display, part of the 'Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature' exhibition opening soon at the Natural History Museum in London. Credit: Reuters

A laboratory operator starts the fermentation process in a large scale state-of-the-art fermenter as part of the manufacture of the Covid-19 DNA Vaccine INO-4800 at biotech company Kaneka Eurogentec's facility in Liege, Belgium. Credit: Reuters

The Messi-Ronaldo rivalry resumed as they faced against one another in the UEFA Champions League, for the first time since the latter's move to Juventus in 2018. Credit: Reuters