Best photos of December 13: Emirati officer cadet at Sandhurst to historic Christian fresco in Turkey

Officer Cadet Almansoori (C) from the UAE poses with family members after the No. 251 Sovereign’s Parade, at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, southwest of London on December 12, 2025. The parade marks the completion of 44 weeks of intensive training for the Officer Cadets of Commissioning Course 251. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
A memorial ceremony to mark the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, in Nanjing, China. Reuters
Prosthetic limb technician Ahmed Al Ashqar prepares a leg amputation splint in the first stage of building an artificial leg at Hamad Hospital in Gaza. AP
Former Bolivian president Luis Arce Catacora enters San Pedro prison after a judge ordered him held in pre-trial detention for five months as part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement, in La Paz. Reuters
People watch fireworks above a Christmas tree, which has been officially lit up at the Ashrafieh area in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
A contestant during a sculpture competition at the Poznan Ice Festival in Poznan, Poland. EPA
Supporters of the Yemen's Southern Transitional Council during a demonstration, in Aden. AFP
Archaeologists clean and restore frescoes inside a third-century tomb where a rare early Christian depiction of Jesus as the 'Good Shepherd' was discovered, in Iznik, Turkey. AP