• Participants compete during the 2nd Havana International Skate Marathon in Havana on December 4, 2022. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)
    Participants compete during the 2nd Havana International Skate Marathon in Havana on December 4, 2022. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)
  • Residents walk past houses following the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru on December 4, which sparked the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly a year after its last major eruption killed dozens. AFP
    Residents walk past houses following the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru on December 4, which sparked the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly a year after its last major eruption killed dozens. AFP
  • People dressed as Santa Claus at a car park during the 'Papa Noel' rally in Turin, Italy, to raise funds for a paediatric healthcare facility. AFP
    People dressed as Santa Claus at a car park during the 'Papa Noel' rally in Turin, Italy, to raise funds for a paediatric healthcare facility. AFP
  • Aerial view of a landslide in north-western Bogota, Colombia. Authorities are trying to rescue 31 people buried while travelling in a bus and a motorbike. AFP
    Aerial view of a landslide in north-western Bogota, Colombia. Authorities are trying to rescue 31 people buried while travelling in a bus and a motorbike. AFP
  • A temporary camp set up by a French NGO in front of the State Council in Paris. Local NGOs have been asking the French government to provide night shelters for hundreds of migrants living in a makeshift camp in Ivry-Sur-Seine. EPA
    A temporary camp set up by a French NGO in front of the State Council in Paris. Local NGOs have been asking the French government to provide night shelters for hundreds of migrants living in a makeshift camp in Ivry-Sur-Seine. EPA
  • About 500 children from the Kibera slum watch 'The Nutcracker', performed by Dance Centre Kenya at the National Theatre in Nairobi. AFP
    About 500 children from the Kibera slum watch 'The Nutcracker', performed by Dance Centre Kenya at the National Theatre in Nairobi. AFP
  • Participants start the Nautic Paddle, the world's biggest stand-up paddle race, on the river Seine in Paris. Reuters
    Participants start the Nautic Paddle, the world's biggest stand-up paddle race, on the river Seine in Paris. Reuters

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Today's best photos: from a roller skate marathon to paddle boards on the Seine

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

December 05, 2022

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Updated: December 05, 2022, 1:26 PM
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