SUNBURY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 30: Purple Ribbon ridden by Jack Mitchell races in the Unibet Wild Flower Stakes is run at Kempton Park on November 30, 2022 in Sunbury, England. (Photo by Warren Little / Getty Images)
SUNBURY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 30: Purple Ribbon ridden by Jack Mitchell races in the Unibet Wild Flower Stakes is run at Kempton Park on November 30, 2022 in Sunbury, England. (Photo by Warren Little / Getty Images)
Students taking part in a world record attempt at staging a living chain of the number Pi and its decimal places in Jaroslaw, Poland. It featured 995 people. EPA
Students taking part in a world record attempt at staging a living chain of the number Pi and its decimal places in Jaroslaw, Poland. It featured 995 people. EPA
A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims with fish in a large tank during a festive underwater performance at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan. Reuters
A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims with fish in a large tank during a festive underwater performance at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan. Reuters
A dump in Medan, Sumatra. According to the Indonesian Environment Ministry, the country produced 30.8 million tonnes of waste last year, almost one fifth of which was plastic. EPA
A dump in Medan, Sumatra. According to the Indonesian Environment Ministry, the country produced 30.8 million tonnes of waste last year, almost one fifth of which was plastic. EPA
The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City is lit. AFP
The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City is lit. AFP
A winter swimming enthusiast in a partly frozen lake in Shenyang, in north-eastern China's Liaoning province. AFP
A winter swimming enthusiast in a partly frozen lake in Shenyang, in north-eastern China's Liaoning province. AFP
A view of the Empire State Building at the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck in Manhattan. New York officials report tourism in the US city has rebounded to 85 per cent of pre-Covid levels. AFP
A view of the Empire State Building at the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck in Manhattan. New York officials report tourism in the US city has rebounded to 85 per cent of pre-Covid levels. AFP
A student holds balloons as she takes part in an awareness campaign on World Aids Day in Chennai. AFP
A student holds balloons as she takes part in an awareness campaign on World Aids Day in Chennai. AFP
Fish in a plastic bottle in Vaasa, Finland. Despite decades of effort, plastic pollution is getting worse, a gloomy fact that representatives of almost 200 nations meeting in Uruguay this week are determined to change. AFP
Fish in a plastic bottle in Vaasa, Finland. Despite decades of effort, plastic pollution is getting worse, a gloomy fact that representatives of almost 200 nations meeting in Uruguay this week are determined to change. AFP
Base-jumper Dani Roman wearing a wingsuit crosses the main arc of the New Bridge in Ronda, Spain. AFP
Base-jumper Dani Roman wearing a wingsuit crosses the main arc of the New Bridge in Ronda, Spain. AFP

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December 01, 2022

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