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  • People feed seagulls in the waters of river Yamuna engulfed in smog in New Delhi on November 14, 2024. Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog on November 13 as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
    People feed seagulls in the waters of river Yamuna engulfed in smog in New Delhi on November 14, 2024. Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog on November 13 as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
  • Palestinian children play at a UN-run school in the Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    Palestinian children play at a UN-run school in the Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Cars stacked up by floods in Catarroja, in the Valencia region of eastern Spain. Flooding left hundreds dead or missing. AP
    Cars stacked up by floods in Catarroja, in the Valencia region of eastern Spain. Flooding left hundreds dead or missing. AP
  • Miss Argentina Magali Benejam takes at the National Costume show during the 73rd Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City. Reuters
    Miss Argentina Magali Benejam takes at the National Costume show during the 73rd Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City. Reuters
  • Workers work on a loader production line at a factory in Qingzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province. AFP
    Workers work on a loader production line at a factory in Qingzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province. AFP
  • Filipino villagers on washed up logs and debris from Typhoon Usagi, in the coastal municipality of Santa Ana, Cagayan province. EPA
    Filipino villagers on washed up logs and debris from Typhoon Usagi, in the coastal municipality of Santa Ana, Cagayan province. EPA
  • An aerial view of Blackpool Tower surrounded by fog, in north-west England. PA
    An aerial view of Blackpool Tower surrounded by fog, in north-west England. PA
  • Palestinians displaced from the city of Beit Hanoun, in north-east Gaza, cross into Jabalia, after being told to leave by the Israeli military. AFP
    Palestinians displaced from the city of Beit Hanoun, in north-east Gaza, cross into Jabalia, after being told to leave by the Israeli military. AFP
  • Afghan shepherds with their sheep in Khash district of Badakhshan province. AFP
    Afghan shepherds with their sheep in Khash district of Badakhshan province. AFP
  • Nepalese bowler Krishma Gurung in action at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier against the UAE at Seven Districts Oval, Ajman. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Nepalese bowler Krishma Gurung in action at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier against the UAE at Seven Districts Oval, Ajman. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Chelsea Pensioners on Westminster Bridge in London on the day of the National Service of Remembrance. Reuters
    Chelsea Pensioners on Westminster Bridge in London on the day of the National Service of Remembrance. Reuters
  • A man runs as a Lebanese civil defence worker tries to extinguish a fire caused by a large diesel tank that ignited, burning more than a dozen cars in a parking lot and damaging a building nearby, in a residential Beirut area. AP
    A man runs as a Lebanese civil defence worker tries to extinguish a fire caused by a large diesel tank that ignited, burning more than a dozen cars in a parking lot and damaging a building nearby, in a residential Beirut area. AP
  • Balloons are released at the Independence Monument during a ceremony marking Cambodia's 71st Independence Day, in Phnom Penh. AFP
    Balloons are released at the Independence Monument during a ceremony marking Cambodia's 71st Independence Day, in Phnom Penh. AFP
  • People take cover on the main highway as siren warnings for rockets are heard in Kfar Saba, Israel. Getty Images
    People take cover on the main highway as siren warnings for rockets are heard in Kfar Saba, Israel. Getty Images
  • A Honda CB750 Four Cylinder at the sixth annual AOM Show at Art Of Motorcycle in Dubai. Antonie Robertson/The National
    A Honda CB750 Four Cylinder at the sixth annual AOM Show at Art Of Motorcycle in Dubai. Antonie Robertson/The National
  • The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in Indonesia. AFP
    The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in Indonesia. AFP
  • Demonstrators face riot police during a protest against the response to deadly floods Valencia, Spain. Reuters
    Demonstrators face riot police during a protest against the response to deadly floods Valencia, Spain. Reuters
  • Migrants wade hand in hand across the Tuquesa River in Panama on their way north to the United States. AP
    Migrants wade hand in hand across the Tuquesa River in Panama on their way north to the United States. AP
  • Indian women wearing sarees participate in an event called the Saree Run in Bangalore. EPA
    Indian women wearing sarees participate in an event called the Saree Run in Bangalore. EPA
  • People in Istanbul pay tribute to Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on the 86th anniversary of his death. AP
    People in Istanbul pay tribute to Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on the 86th anniversary of his death. AP
  • People gathered at Sheikh Zayed Road for the Dubai Ride. Ruel Pableo for The National
    People gathered at Sheikh Zayed Road for the Dubai Ride. Ruel Pableo for The National
  • Demonstrators are put on a bus by police after a pro-Palestinian protest in Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EPA
    Demonstrators are put on a bus by police after a pro-Palestinian protest in Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EPA
  • A gloomy start to the 10th Vendee Globe around the world monohull solo sailing race, off Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. AFP
    A gloomy start to the 10th Vendee Globe around the world monohull solo sailing race, off Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. AFP
  • Thousands of cyclists indulge in an internet craze by gathering at night to gorge on dumplings, in Zhengzhou, northern China's Henan province. AFP
    Thousands of cyclists indulge in an internet craze by gathering at night to gorge on dumplings, in Zhengzhou, northern China's Henan province. AFP
  • Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and Cop28 President, at the official handover with Cop29 President Mukhtar Babayev as this year’s climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan. AFP
    Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and Cop28 President, at the official handover with Cop29 President Mukhtar Babayev as this year’s climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan. AFP
  • Tazaungdaing Light Festival participants prepare lanterns to be attached to hot-air balloons in Taunggyi, north-eastern Myanmar. AFP
    Tazaungdaing Light Festival participants prepare lanterns to be attached to hot-air balloons in Taunggyi, north-eastern Myanmar. AFP
  • Volunteers make kimchi for neighbours in need at a charity event in Daejeon, 140km south of Seoul, South Korea. EPA
    Volunteers make kimchi for neighbours in need at a charity event in Daejeon, 140km south of Seoul, South Korea. EPA
  • Visitors in front of the Hargeisa War Memorial in Hargeisa, Somaliland, days before presidential elections in the breakaway territory. AFP
    Visitors in front of the Hargeisa War Memorial in Hargeisa, Somaliland, days before presidential elections in the breakaway territory. AFP
  • Visitors view a J-20 fighter jet at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. Reuters
    Visitors view a J-20 fighter jet at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. Reuters
  • The unveiling of the 2024 Christmas jumper design on the animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Natural History Museum in London. Getty Images
    The unveiling of the 2024 Christmas jumper design on the animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Natural History Museum in London. Getty Images

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November 15, 2024

Updated: November 15, 2024, 6:02 PM
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