Best photos of December 2: UAE National Day horse parade to landslide in Sri Lanka

UAE National Day horse parade at Al Shahama Equestrian Club. Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Enthusiasts gather to watch drivers drifting in the desert of Umm Al Quwain. AFP
Children wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV to the De la Croix Hospital in Jal El Dib, Lebanon. EPA
Israeli troops demolish the house of Palestinian detainee Abdul Karim Sanoubar in Nablus, the occupied West Bank. EPA
People buy oranges at a wholesale fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan. AP
A Somali trader carries a fish at Liido beach in Mogadishu. Reuters
Air force helicopters carry flags during the Laos national day military parade in the capital, Vientiane. AFP
People scour the site of a landslide for survivors after heavy rainfall following Cyclone Ditwah in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Reuters

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