Times of Malta presents a selection of its photographers' choice of their best photos over the past days.
A Dog protects her puppies at the AAA facility in Luqa on December 2. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s wife, Michelle, cracks a joke about her husband with students of St Theresa School at St James Cavalier in Valletta on December 3. . Three of the students’ drawings and another three prepared by students from St Aloysius College were chosen as this year’s Christmas cards by the Prime Minister’s Office. The two schools are those which the Muscats attended when they were young. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Graduates enter the Jesuit Church in Valletta on December 3 as friends and relatives take photos with their ipads and mobile phones. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A graduate snaps a photo with her mobile at the Jesuit Church in Valletta on December 3. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
The Christmas lights in Melita Street on December 3.Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Commuters catch the bus from Msida on December 4. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Participants jump into the sea for the fourth edition of Santa’s Swim organized by the Grand Hotel Excelsior on December 5. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina.
Participants jump into the sea for the fourth edition of Santa’s Swim organized by the Grand Hotel Excelsior on December 5. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina.
A Labrador joined his two-legged friends for the fourth edition of Santa’s Swim organized by the Grand Hotel Excelsior on december 5. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina.
Members of the CPD remove remains of a tree after a Malta Public Transport bus lost control in Marsa on December 5. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina.
A lady dresses up as a character during Malta Comic Con at Magazino in Valletta on December 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Simon Busuttil addresses Nationalist Party supporters at the Dar Centrali in Pieta on December 6. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
Two enthusiasts, one of them with a mock-up shotgun strapped to his back, follow a video game at the seventh edition of the Malta Comic Con held over the weekend of December 5 and 6 at Valletta Waterfront. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Depiro recovered from a difficult start to overwhelm Luxol 76-66 in the first leg of their Louis Borg Cup match on December 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Depiro recovered from a difficult start to overwhelm Luxol 76-66 in the first leg of their Louis Borg Cup match on December 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Depiro recovered from a difficult start to overwhelm Luxol 76-66 in the first leg of their Louis Borg Cup match on December 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
At full stretch... Qormi defender Ousmane Sidibe (left) slides in to dispossess Floriana’s Mauricio Villa at Hibernians Stadium on December 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Hibs midfielder Gilmar (left) making inroads inside the Naxxar half. at Hibernians Stadium on December 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Old Maltese buses, military airplanes, helicopters, all types of cars and a carnival float form part of the annual display of scale models at the Easysell showroom in Qormi on December 7. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Old Maltese buses, military airplanes, helicopters, all types of cars and a carnival float form part of the annual display of scale models at the Easysell showroom in Qormi on December 7. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Old Maltese buses, military airplanes, helicopters, all types of cars and a carnival float form part of the annual display of scale models at the Easysell showroom in Qormi on December 7. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
An Air Malta plane on the apron of Malta International Airport forms part of a thematic exhibit on display at the annual show of the Die Cast and Scale Model Society at the Easysell showroom in Qormi on December 7 Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A man makes his way along the Marsaxlokk seafront on December 7. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A goldfish swims in an aquarium that doubles as a Christmas crib, one of over 90 unconventional cribs depicting the Nativity scene being exhibited by the Ghadqa Wirjiet San Guzepp Haddiem in Birkirkara, on December 8. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Shop assistants organise a shelf of Barbie dolls at a toy shop in San Gwann on December 8. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Two boys look down into a ramp leading to an underground garage at a shopping mall in Mosta on December 8. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
People walk at a shopping mall in Mosta on December 8. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A busker blows big bubbles in Republic Street Valletta on December 9 drawing passers by. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina.