Best photos of December 29: From Mount Etna erupts to India Republic Day rehearsal

Explosive activity concentrates at the north-east crater of the Mount Etna, as an eruption started on Dec. 24 continues, in Sicily, Italy. AP Photo
People in costume throw eggs and flour at each other as they take part in a traditional event called Els Enfarinants (The Flour-Covered Ones) in Ibi, near Alicante, Spain. EPA
People visit Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon a day after the first phase of Myanmar's general election. AFP
The traditional Rauhnacht run in the Bavarian town of Beilngries, north of Ingolstadt, Germany. Reuters
A pattern of a warship modelled on the Fujian aircraft carrier is drawn in the lying snow, at Harbin Engineer University in China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province. AFP
Waves hammer the coast during a storm on the Baltic coast in Kolobrzeg, Poland. PA
Paragliders soar above a sea of fog over the low-altitude resort of Leysin, with the Dents du Midi mountain range in the background, in Switzerland. AFP
Indian paramilitary soldiers take part in Republic Day parade rehearsals in heavy smog on a winter morning in New Delhi. EPA

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December 29, 2025

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