Beshara: The most captivating pictures of the week

From drying and salting fish in Lianyungang, China, to the opening of Erfurt's Christmas market

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  A woman dries and salts fish in Lianyungang, in China�s eastern Jiangsu province on November 30, 2025. (Photo by -STR / AFP) / China OUT

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  One of the 20 artworks displayed as part of the 14th Amsterdam Light Festival. AFP

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  The Four Seasons by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo is displayed by the auction house Christie's in London. AFP

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  Giant panda Lei Lei eating bamboo at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan. EPA

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  Balloon handlers guide a Spider-Man balloon past Radio City Music Hall during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. AP

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  Christmas lights in Medellin, Colombia. AFP

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  Mahouts ride on painted elephants as they march to pay their respects to Thailand's late queen Sirikit in Bangkok. AFP

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  Artworks by Johnny Depp at the exhibition A Bunch of Stuff in Tokyo, Japan. EPA

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  A film screening and children's entertainment event held as part of the Gaza Children's Film Festival. AFP

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  Dancers during a rehearsal of Sir Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker, created especially for the Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1990. PA

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  A man spreads flower petals for drying in a field in Lahore. AFP

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  A hot air balloon lifts off in New Delhi. AFP

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  A tree holding on to its autumn colour on the banks of the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia. Reuters

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  The Erfurt Christmas market opens on the cathedral square in Erfurt, Germany. AP