Beshara: The most captivating pictures of the week

  • Snow in Central Park in Manhattan. AFP
    Snow in Central Park in Manhattan. AFP
  • Ballet dancer Aerys Merrill, top right, performing as Clara in The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre in the north of England. AFP
    Ballet dancer Aerys Merrill, top right, performing as Clara in The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre in the north of England. AFP
  • A Christmas climbing event on Bukhansan mountain in Seoul, South Korea. Getty Images
    A Christmas climbing event on Bukhansan mountain in Seoul, South Korea. Getty Images
  • An SUV racing competition in Kandahar, Afghanistan. EPA
    An SUV racing competition in Kandahar, Afghanistan. EPA
  • Winter Solstice sunrise celebrations at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in England. AP
    Winter Solstice sunrise celebrations at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in England. AP
  • Artists from Tajikistan perform during the Pak–Tajik Cultural Festival in Islamabad, Pakistan. EPA
    Artists from Tajikistan perform during the Pak–Tajik Cultural Festival in Islamabad, Pakistan. EPA
  • Inside The Moveum Yokohama, an 'immersive museum' in Yokohama, Japan. Getty Images
    Inside The Moveum Yokohama, an 'immersive museum' in Yokohama, Japan. Getty Images
  • Starlings fly in murmuration above Rome at sunset. AFP
    Starlings fly in murmuration above Rome at sunset. AFP
  • The Jaguari-Jacarei dam during a drought affecting Sao Paulo state in Brazil. AFP
    The Jaguari-Jacarei dam during a drought affecting Sao Paulo state in Brazil. AFP
  • Dancers perform at the Festival of Light in San Jose, Costa Rica. AFP
    Dancers perform at the Festival of Light in San Jose, Costa Rica. AFP
  • Members of the Zenit dance company perform an aerial ballet in the old port of Marseille, southern France. AFP
    Members of the Zenit dance company perform an aerial ballet in the old port of Marseille, southern France. AFP
  • The Lucia choir, made up of members of Liverpool's Nordic community, sing at the Gustav Adolfs Kyrka in Liverpool. AFP
    The Lucia choir, made up of members of Liverpool's Nordic community, sing at the Gustav Adolfs Kyrka in Liverpool. AFP
  • The decennial Taoist Jiao Festival of Kam Tin in Hong Kong. AFP
    The decennial Taoist Jiao Festival of Kam Tin in Hong Kong. AFP
  • A 3D sculpture prototype of a crocodile ancestor that lived about 80 million years ago, in El Mansoura, Egypt. Reuters
    A 3D sculpture prototype of a crocodile ancestor that lived about 80 million years ago, in El Mansoura, Egypt. Reuters

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