People prepare a snow sculpture for the Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China.

A passenger plane flies past the sun in Yangon, Myanmar.

Palestinian women shout slogans during a protest in Gaza City. (Reuters)

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Islamabad.

With Vice Pence Mike Pence looking on, U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order after he announced the U.S. would Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2017. REUTERS

Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, addresses the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. Xinhua

Farmer Wang Meihua harvests lotus roots at Maojia Village of Gaoqing County, east China's Shandong Province. Xinhua

A burnt-out car is seen at the Bel Air district of Los Angeles, the United States. Los Angeles City Emergency Management Department on Wednesday night issued a wireless emergency alert regarding critical fire danger to local residents. Xinhua

Trees are seen through the haze at the burned-out Vista del Mar Hospital after the Thomas wildfire swept through Ventura, California

A shortlist of three pairs of official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascots are unveiled at Kakezuka elementary school, on December 7, 2017.

"Salvator Mundi," which was sold at auction for a record $450 million, is one of fewer than 20 paintings generally accepted as being from Leonardo Da Vinci's own hand.

A masked Palestinian takes part in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 7, 2017. REUTERS