Photos of the week: UK’s vaccine rollout; Messi faces Ronaldo

The United Kingdom begins administering its first mass Covid-19 vaccine and Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s first face off since the former swapped Real Madrid for Juventus in 2018 -- photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Dec 12, 2020 6:04 PM IST

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Margaret Keenan, 90, is the first patient in Britain to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital, administered by nurse May Parsons, at the start of the largest ever immunisation programme in the British history, in Coventry, England on December 8. (Jacob King / Pool via REUTERS)

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A woman looks at a metal monolith that has popped up on a riverbank of the Vistula in the Polish capital Warsaw, the latest in a string of similar objects that have recently appeared in Europe and the US, on December 10. Similar looking objects have been found over recent weeks in the United States, Romania and Britain. (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)

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Sammy Olszta, 6, grandson of US Olympic wrestling Gold Medalist and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dan Gable, leans against the Resolute Desk as Gable delivers remarks beside US President Donald Trump during a presentation ceremony inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on December 7. (Tom Brenner / REUTERS)

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Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo greets Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (R) before the UEFA Champions League group G football match between Barcelona and Juventus at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on December 8. It was the first meeting between Ronaldo and Messi since the former left Real Madrid for Juventus in 2018. (Josep Lago / AFP)

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Britain's Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Dean of Salisbury, the Very Reverend Nicholas Papadopulos walk during a visit in celebration of the 800th anniversary of Salisbury Cathedral, England on December 7. (Chris Jackson / Pool via REUTERS )

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Children look at lights from inside their family car as they visit Luminna Fest, a drive-through Christmas light festival, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 5. (Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS)

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SpaceX's first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket explodes during a return-landing attempt after it launched from their facility on a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas on December 9. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)

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JAXA's Hayabusa-2 probe's sample drop to earth after landing on and gathering material from an asteroid some 300 million kilometres from Earth is seen from Coober Pedy in South Australia on December 6. After six years in space, Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe headed home, but only to drop off its rare asteroid samples before starting a new mission. (Morgan Sette / AFP)

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Activists take part in a demonstration in favour of legalising abortion, outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 10. The bill was later approved by the lower house of the Argentine Congress. (Martin Villar / REUTERS)

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Father Enzo Fortunato uncovers a life size figurine of a nurse outside the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, in honour of medical workers who have been battling the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) this year, in Assisi, Italy on December 7. (Yara Nardi / REUTERS)

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A swimmer enters the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park during cold and foggy weather, in London, England on December 8. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS)

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A man dressed as Santa Claus rappels from a cable car while descending from the Pao de Acucar Mountain (Sugar Loaf Mountain) during his arrival to a Christmas event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 5. (Ricardo Moraes / REUTERS)