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    Quiz of the week

    Test your knowledge of the stories which made headlines over the past seven days

    By The National
    December 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST
     

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    • Morocco’s football team makes history by reaching World Cup semi-finals
    • UAE launches Arab world’s first mission to the Moon
    • US technology firm buys 4% stake in London Stock Exchange
    • Russia’s 'new McDonald’s' to serve Big Mac alternative
    • US Department of Energy reveals major scientific breakthrough
    • Long-awaited Avatar sequel finally hits theatres around the world
    • Limited edition Mercedes-Maybach car unveiled in Dubai
    • Brazilian footballer Neymar acquitted in fraud and corruption trial
    • UK teenager declared free from disease after world’s first use of cell engineering therapy
    • Most searched-for fashion brand on Google in 2022 revealed

    Pictures of the week: From low-hanging clouds to high-flying Al Forsan

    The top of the Feldberg mountain is surrounded by fog and clouds near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
    Schoolgirls look out at the Indian Ocean at Galle Face beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP
    Hot-air balloons are displayed at an international transport exhibition, in Caracas, Venezuela. EPA
    A Hindu woman offers prayers after feeding pigeons in Hyderabad, India. AP
    Waiters serve dessert during the royal banquet in honour of the laureates of the Nobel Prize 2022, following the awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. AFP
    England's Jude Bellingham remonstrates with referee Wilton Sampaio during the side's World Cup defeat to France. Reuters
    Fuego volcano erupts 65km south-west of Guatemala City. AFP
    Pilgrims sleep next to images of the Virgin of Guadalupe outside a basilica in Mexico City. AFP
    An old-fashioned wholesale market in Jalandhar, in Punjab, India. AFP
    Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou's son, Isaac, plays on the pitch after the country's World Cup win against Portugal. Reuters
    Nasa's Orion capsule is retrieved by the USS Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Moon mission, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Reuters
    A labourer works at a factory that produces handicrafts made of salt in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
    A street scene in Kitshanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP
    Protestors opposed to Peruvian President Dina Boluarte take over an airport in Arequipa, Peru. AFP
    The original mechatronic E. T. character from Steven Spielberg's 1982 film of the same name, on display in Beverly Hills, California. AFP
    Submerged statues on a flooded street in Alges, Portugal. Reuters
    AYA, an 'entertainment experiential park' in Wafi Mall. Antonie Robertson / The National
    The sun rises over the frozen trees of the Taunus region near Frankfurt. AP
    Buenos Aires basks in the glory of reaching the World Cup final, after Argentina knocked out Croatia in the semis. AFP
    A man collects plastic from the polluted Citarum river in West Bandung, Indonesia. AFP
    Ukrainian civilians take shelter inside a metro station during an air raid alert in the centre of Kyiv. AFP
    A snow leopard, whose numbers are slowly bouncing back, looks into a remote camera in Kyrgyzstan. Reuters
    Workers remove containers at Tiendita bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, where the land border will reopen on January 1. AFP
    Carp swim at Bay Bon pond in the Mekong river, which had been affected by sediment, Can Tho, Vietnam. Reuters
    The Aerobics Marathon with live salsa music in Cali, Colombia. AFP
    Miss New York, Taryn Delanie Smith, centre left, and Miss Wisconsin, Grace Stanke, centre right, celebrate after the latter was announced as Miss America 2023, in Connecticut. AP
    A choreographed beach exhibition before the International Martial Arts Championship in Kenya. AFP
    US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and husband Paul Pelosi during the unveiling of a portrait of Ms Pelosi at the US Capitol in Washington. EPA
    Korey Miller, 23, looks for valuables and family heirlooms in her grandmother's home in Gretna, Louisiana, after the entire roof was blown away by a tornado. AP
    Al Fursan aerobatic team puts on a display near the Adnoc Events Village in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

    The top of the Feldberg mountain is surrounded by fog and clouds near Frankfurt, Germany. AP

    Updated: December 16, 2022, 8:44 PM
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