Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, space flight participants Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano, blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 8, 2021.

A student wearing a face mask sit in a class with plastic barriers as schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021.

A solar eclipse is seen from 'Glaciar Union' scientific polar station in Antarctic, on Chilean territory, December 4, 2021.

Skiers dressed as Santa Claus participate in the charity Santa Sunday at Sunday River ski resort in Bethel, Maine, U.S., December 5, 2021.

People hold umbrellas as it begins to rain on an otherwise empty beach in Honolulu on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. A strong storm packing high winds and extremely heavy rain flooded roads and downed power lines and tree branches across Hawaii, with officials warning Monday of potentially worse conditions ahead.

The casket of former Senator Bob Dole arrives in the Rotunda of the US Capitol, where he will lie in state, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Spain's Sarah Loinaz performs as she takes part in the National Costume portion of the Miss Universe pageant, in Eilat, Israel, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.

Abandoned cats wander in search of food at a road covered by ash and blocked by the lava at the exclusion zone near the volcano on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Friday, Dec. 3 2021. The volcano is going strong and seismic activity in the area has increased in recent days

Competitors take part during the 11th edition of race of Paddle organized by Nautic Festival SA within the framework of the Nautic of Paris, on December 5, 2021. - About 1,000 competitors gathered on the Seine river in Paris, between the Bibliotheque Nationale of France and the quai de Javel Bas, for a race in an exceptional setting.

This photograph taken on December 9, 2021, shows an aerial view of a car driving on road in Xonrupt-Longemer, eastern France.