Best of the Week: from horse racing in the desert to penguins gathering at the beach
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A race for purebred Arabian horses at the Liwa International Festival 2023 in Abu Dhabi. AFP -
The choir at St Paul's Cathedral in London preparing for a busy programme over Christmas. Getty Images -
Furry friends were also in a festive mood before the UK royals' Christmas service. AFP -
Father Firas Dardar held a Christmas Eve Mass at the Syriac Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in Basra, Iraq. AFP -
Russian shelling in the city of Kherson killed five and injured 20. AFP -
Demonstrations in Paris after the recent shooting at the city's Kurdish culture centre. AP -
Sikh children wait for the result in a turban-tying competition in Amritsar. AFP -
Scooter riders on a section of parched river bed along the Yangtze River in Hubei province, China. AFP -
Yachts leave Sydney harbour at the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. AFP -
A Moscow rescuer dressed as Santa Claus greets young patients at Morozovskaya children's hospital in Moscow, as part of Orthodox Christmas celebrations. EPA -
Shoppers queue up outside Selfridges on Oxford Street in London. UK retailers are expecting sales to fall amid the cost-of-living crisis. EPA -
Chinese medics treat patients at the China-Japan Friendship hospital during the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing. Reuters -
A Taliban fighter in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban recently banned women from attending university or working for NGOs. AP -
A wooden boat that carried almost 200 Rohingya to Aceh province, Indonesia, the fourth such landing in recent months. AFP -
Parisians march in solidarity with the French capital's Kurdish community after three were killed and three injured in a shooting on December 23. AFP -
Dubai's skyscrapers in a cloudy Downtown district hit by rain in recent days. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
A multi-vehicle collision on Zhengxin Yellow River Bridge in Zhengzhou, in China's central Henan province. AFP -
A migrant boy from Venezuela with a Captain America doll at the border between Mexico and the United States. Reuters -
Thai scientists are studying an infectious disease that is killing corals and threatening the local tourist economy. AFP -
Houses on the shores of Lake Erie, near Fort Erie, Ontario, covered in ice after a winter storm. AP -
Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in the 'Els Enfarinats' food battle in the south-eastern Spanish town of Ibi. AFP -
Horses wheel a device linked to a fishing net during the annual Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Festival in Songyuan, China. AFP -
Panda keepers with cubs ahead of the new year at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China. AFP -
A kayaker with sharks below him in shallow water near the hot water stream from the Orot Rabin power plant near Hadera, Israel. EPA -
Soldiers of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces prepare to leave for the Democratic Republic of Congo after a departure ceremony in Juba. AFP -
Riot police confront supporters of Luis Fernando Camacho, a key opposition figure, after his arrest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. AFP -
A trader with a vulture for sale at a bird market in a snowy Kabul, Afghanistan. AP -
Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue illuminated in the colours of the Brazilian flag to honour football great Pele, who died at the age of 82. AP -
Visitors at the Sensoji temple before the start of the New Year holiday in Tokyo. AFP -
Penguins on a beach on one of the Crozet Islands in the Indian Ocean. AFP
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