• Members from Bashar Assad's Syrian army period line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of a "identification and reconciliation process" at a army compound in Latakia, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo / Leo Correa)
    Members from Bashar Assad's Syrian army period line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of a "identification and reconciliation process" at a army compound in Latakia, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo / Leo Correa)
  • Whirling dervishes perform during a Seb-i Arus ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
    Whirling dervishes perform during a Seb-i Arus ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
  • Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, is escorted by police in New York. AP
    Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, is escorted by police in New York. AP
  • A landfill in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The country is experiencing a waste management crisis. Getty Images
    A landfill in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The country is experiencing a waste management crisis. Getty Images
  • The setting sun casts a glow through the windows as Syrians walk through the notorious Sednaya prison military prison on the outskirts of Damascus, after the toppling of the Assad regim. AP
    The setting sun casts a glow through the windows as Syrians walk through the notorious Sednaya prison military prison on the outskirts of Damascus, after the toppling of the Assad regim. AP
  • A great blue heron flies over Florida's Everglades National Park. AP
    A great blue heron flies over Florida's Everglades National Park. AP
  • A rescue worker walks by as firefighters tackle a blaze near the site of a building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, in central Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters
    A rescue worker walks by as firefighters tackle a blaze near the site of a building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, in central Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters
  • Cinthia Falcon leaves the house where she dressed up as Santa Claus, to give presents to children at a pre-Christmas celebration organised by a soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP
    Cinthia Falcon leaves the house where she dressed up as Santa Claus, to give presents to children at a pre-Christmas celebration organised by a soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP
  • Guests raise their mobile phones to capture US President Joe Biden as he speaks at The White House, in Washington, DC. EPA
    Guests raise their mobile phones to capture US President Joe Biden as he speaks at The White House, in Washington, DC. EPA
  • A peacock spreads its feathers at the Yala National Park in Yala. AFP
    A peacock spreads its feathers at the Yala National Park in Yala. AFP
  • A worker checks a production line of thread in Zaozhuang, in eastern China's Shandong province. China's retail sales growth weakened in November, official data showed. AFP
    A worker checks a production line of thread in Zaozhuang, in eastern China's Shandong province. China's retail sales growth weakened in November, official data showed. AFP
  • Smog from air pollution shrouds Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar. AFP
    Smog from air pollution shrouds Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar. AFP
  • Members of the National Cadet Crops shower flower petals during Victory Day celebrations, in Bangalore, southern India. EPA
    Members of the National Cadet Crops shower flower petals during Victory Day celebrations, in Bangalore, southern India. EPA
  • Soap sud 'snow' delights a young reveller at Christmas celebrations at Zocalo Square in Mexico City. Reuters
    Soap sud 'snow' delights a young reveller at Christmas celebrations at Zocalo Square in Mexico City. Reuters
  • Workers at W&R Logan pick some of the 250 million sprouts they harvest for the Christmas period in Dunbar, Scotland. Getty Images
    Workers at W&R Logan pick some of the 250 million sprouts they harvest for the Christmas period in Dunbar, Scotland. Getty Images
  • A 12-metre statue of Young-hee, the iconic doll from Netflix’s South Korean TV series 'Squid Game', is transported on a barge under a bridge on the Chao Prayer River ahead of the launch of Season 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP
    A 12-metre statue of Young-hee, the iconic doll from Netflix’s South Korean TV series 'Squid Game', is transported on a barge under a bridge on the Chao Prayer River ahead of the launch of Season 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP
  • Members of the theatre company Paris Benares perform during a demonstration in Nantes, western France, where the 2025 budget review began, to protest against the drastic cuts to culture and sport announced by the President of the Pays de la Loire region. AFP
    Members of the theatre company Paris Benares perform during a demonstration in Nantes, western France, where the 2025 budget review began, to protest against the drastic cuts to culture and sport announced by the President of the Pays de la Loire region. AFP
  • Damage in a slum with precarious housing in Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. AFP
    Damage in a slum with precarious housing in Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. AFP
  • Alida Freding wears a crown of candles symbolising St Lucy as she leads the celebration of Sankta Lucia: Festival of Light at York Minster, in York, England. AP
    Alida Freding wears a crown of candles symbolising St Lucy as she leads the celebration of Sankta Lucia: Festival of Light at York Minster, in York, England. AP
  • A gunman stands on the roof of a building to push away looters from the Najha military housing complex in southeast Damascus, Syria. AFP
    A gunman stands on the roof of a building to push away looters from the Najha military housing complex in southeast Damascus, Syria. AFP
  • Birds fly over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. EPA
    Birds fly over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. EPA
  • Lorenzo and his horses rehearse at ExCeL London ahead of their performance of 'Lorenzo, The Flying Frenchman' at this year's London International Horse Show. PA
    Lorenzo and his horses rehearse at ExCeL London ahead of their performance of 'Lorenzo, The Flying Frenchman' at this year's London International Horse Show. PA
  • Pink flamingos are seen in the water at sunset in Perols, southern France. AFP
    Pink flamingos are seen in the water at sunset in Perols, southern France. AFP
  • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere as they travel on board the British delegation aircraft to Estonia. AFP
    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere as they travel on board the British delegation aircraft to Estonia. AFP
  • People walk on a street at al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, in Damascus, Syria. Reuters
    People walk on a street at al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, in Damascus, Syria. Reuters
  • Indian army soldiers perform Kalari Payattu, a traditional exercise in Kolkata, India. AP
    Indian army soldiers perform Kalari Payattu, a traditional exercise in Kolkata, India. AP
  • Afghan horsemen from the Badakhshan and Faryab teams compete during the sixth annual Buzkashi League of Afghanistan in Kabul. AFP
    Afghan horsemen from the Badakhshan and Faryab teams compete during the sixth annual Buzkashi League of Afghanistan in Kabul. AFP
  • Under ice Finnish freediver Kristian Maki-Jussila dressed as Santa Claus, swims underwater in a frozen lake in Sundom, Westen Finland. AFP
    Under ice Finnish freediver Kristian Maki-Jussila dressed as Santa Claus, swims underwater in a frozen lake in Sundom, Westen Finland. AFP
  • Workers harvesting ice from the frozen Songhua river in preparation for the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, China’s northeast Heilongjiang province. AFP
    Workers harvesting ice from the frozen Songhua river in preparation for the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, China’s northeast Heilongjiang province. AFP
  • Camels walk in the desert of Al Qudra, Dubai, close to sunset. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Camels walk in the desert of Al Qudra, Dubai, close to sunset. Antonie Robertson / The National

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December 20, 2024

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