Pictures of the week: From snowfall in Germany to art in Abu Dhabi

  • Cars follow the bend of a forest road in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, after overnight snow. AP
    Cars follow the bend of a forest road in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, after overnight snow. AP
  • Molten lava flows by the Blue Lagoon, Grindavik, from a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. AP
    Molten lava flows by the Blue Lagoon, Grindavik, from a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. AP
  • The Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of 2024, rises behind an observation deck in New York City. AP
    The Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of 2024, rises behind an observation deck in New York City. AP
  • Royal household staff decorate a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. Getty Images
    Royal household staff decorate a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. Getty Images
  • A Ukrainian soldier from the 24th Mechanised Brigade fires a 120mm mortar towards Russian troops on the frontline near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk. Reuters
    A Ukrainian soldier from the 24th Mechanised Brigade fires a 120mm mortar towards Russian troops on the frontline near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk. Reuters
  • Fernando Alonso of Spain takes the Aston Martin AMR24 Mercedes on a practice drive on the Las Vegas Strip Circuit before the F1 Grand Prix in Nevada, US. AFP
    Fernando Alonso of Spain takes the Aston Martin AMR24 Mercedes on a practice drive on the Las Vegas Strip Circuit before the F1 Grand Prix in Nevada, US. AFP
  • Marinika Tepic and Borislav Novakovic, and other Serbian opposition politicians, scuffle with police during a protest demanding justice over the deadly collapse of a roof at a railway station, in Serbia's second-largest city, Novi Sad. Reuters
    Marinika Tepic and Borislav Novakovic, and other Serbian opposition politicians, scuffle with police during a protest demanding justice over the deadly collapse of a roof at a railway station, in Serbia's second-largest city, Novi Sad. Reuters
  • Chef Dominic Petzold at Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort demonstrates measures the resort is taking to limit food waste and use resources responsibly. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Chef Dominic Petzold at Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort demonstrates measures the resort is taking to limit food waste and use resources responsibly. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • A driver takes part in the International Off-Road Day at the X-Quarry Adventure Park in the Mleiha area of Sharjah. Pawan Singh / The National
    A driver takes part in the International Off-Road Day at the X-Quarry Adventure Park in the Mleiha area of Sharjah. Pawan Singh / The National
  • Floating Fragments by Seema Nusrat at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Floating Fragments by Seema Nusrat at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Devotees take a dip in the Ganges river to mark Kartik Purnima, or full moon day, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, northern India. AFP
    Devotees take a dip in the Ganges river to mark Kartik Purnima, or full moon day, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, northern India. AFP
  • Buildings on fire in Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike. Reuters
    Buildings on fire in Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike. Reuters
  • A statue of the deity Ganesha, at the Buddhist temple of Wat Sri Suphan, or Silver Temple, in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. AFP
    A statue of the deity Ganesha, at the Buddhist temple of Wat Sri Suphan, or Silver Temple, in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. AFP
  • Miss Egypt Logina Salah, centre, during the final round of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Mexico City. AP
    Miss Egypt Logina Salah, centre, during the final round of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Mexico City. AP
  • Early-morning smog engulfs a golf course in Chandigarh, India. AFP
    Early-morning smog engulfs a golf course in Chandigarh, India. AFP
  • US president-elect Donald Trump greets Jon Jones after he defeated Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, at Madison Square Garden in New York. AP
    US president-elect Donald Trump greets Jon Jones after he defeated Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, at Madison Square Garden in New York. AP
  • US President Joe Biden, left, speaks with China's President Xi Jinping, right, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Lima, Peru. Reuters
    US President Joe Biden, left, speaks with China's President Xi Jinping, right, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Lima, Peru. Reuters
  • Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, centre, speaks to the media after 13 former senior government officials were arrested over accusations they 'enabled massacres' during an uprising in August. AFP
    Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, centre, speaks to the media after 13 former senior government officials were arrested over accusations they 'enabled massacres' during an uprising in August. AFP
  • Candles are lit at an event in the Czech capital Prague to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. AFP
    Candles are lit at an event in the Czech capital Prague to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. AFP
  • South African police guard the entrance of a disused gold mine, where thousands of people are thought to be hiding. The site is in the north-western town of Stilfontein. EPA
    South African police guard the entrance of a disused gold mine, where thousands of people are thought to be hiding. The site is in the north-western town of Stilfontein. EPA
  • Palestinians queue for bread outside a bakery in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
    Palestinians queue for bread outside a bakery in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
  • A man and children pray by a symbolic grave for murdered Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Najaf. AFP
    A man and children pray by a symbolic grave for murdered Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Najaf. AFP
  • Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Anas Al Masri, who succumbed to wounds sustained from an Israeli strike, during his funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Anas Al Masri, who succumbed to wounds sustained from an Israeli strike, during his funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • A man tries to catch fish along a burst river dike destroyed during Super Typhoon Man-yi at a farming village in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija province. AFP
    A man tries to catch fish along a burst river dike destroyed during Super Typhoon Man-yi at a farming village in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija province. AFP
  • Police try to detain a protester during a rally against the results of the parliamentary elections amid allegations that the vote was rigged in Tbilisi, Georgia. AP
    Police try to detain a protester during a rally against the results of the parliamentary elections amid allegations that the vote was rigged in Tbilisi, Georgia. AP
  • A man walks amid destruction in Beirut’s southern Haret Hreik neighbourhood a day after an Israeli air strike. AFP
    A man walks amid destruction in Beirut’s southern Haret Hreik neighbourhood a day after an Israeli air strike. AFP
  • A farmer takes his boat to harvest water chestnuts in a pond on the outskirts of Jabalpur, India. AFP
    A farmer takes his boat to harvest water chestnuts in a pond on the outskirts of Jabalpur, India. AFP
  • A mound of rubbish in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, which is in the grip of war and a humanitarian crisis. AFP
    A mound of rubbish in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, which is in the grip of war and a humanitarian crisis. AFP
  • Disaster agency workers help residents to safety after heavy flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia. EPA
    Disaster agency workers help residents to safety after heavy flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia. EPA
  • Wolfgang Stiller's Matchstickmen on display at Abu Dhabi Art, at Manarat Al Saadiyat. Victor Besa / The National
    Wolfgang Stiller's Matchstickmen on display at Abu Dhabi Art, at Manarat Al Saadiyat. Victor Besa / The National