The Guardian’s staff select photographs from around the world. Guardian staff. Fri 13 Dec 2024 11.33 GMT. Photograph: Graham Denholm/Getty Images for NGV. Photograph: Maxar Technologies/Reuters. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images.
![[Melbourne, Australiaisitors view the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on 13 December.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/31f0cd0a94334bc22247b4d681ec6234b3c3cd02/0_0_6000_4000/master/6000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f982528cba34d6c709a25cad29674de8)
Photograph: Hira Punjabi/SINWP/SWNS. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images. Photograph: Tom Wren/SWNS. Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Ji Chunpeng/Xinhua News Agency/eyevine. Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock.
![[Shahid Bagheri, Iran A satellite image shows the Shahid Bagheri in a dry dock in the Isoico Shipyard, 14 November 2023.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c69b413c82b3656cd38cf95449af0f28f71024db/0_0_1621_874/master/1621.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d1da02641c2cddb9af1f6a12bd81cc55)