• AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASA's Orion Capsule is drawn to the well deck of the U. S. S. Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U. S. S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. Mario Tama / Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASA's Orion Capsule is drawn to the well deck of the U. S. S. Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U. S. S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. Mario Tama / Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
  • Protesters and police clash in Lima, Peru. Activists are calling for early elections and the resignation of President Dina Boluarte. EPA
    Protesters and police clash in Lima, Peru. Activists are calling for early elections and the resignation of President Dina Boluarte. EPA
  • A old-fashioned wholesale market in Jalandhar, in Punjab, India. AFP
    A old-fashioned wholesale market in Jalandhar, in Punjab, India. AFP
  • Rain at a settlement near Suva, Fiji, where general elections will be held this week, with the rising cost of living and inequality two of the key issues. EPA
    Rain at a settlement near Suva, Fiji, where general elections will be held this week, with the rising cost of living and inequality two of the key issues. EPA
  • Migratory flamingos arriving from Europe take to the water at Port Fouad Nature Reserve, on the outskirts of Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Reuters
    Migratory flamingos arriving from Europe take to the water at Port Fouad Nature Reserve, on the outskirts of Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Reuters
  • A member of the US Air Force uses a weather balloon aboard the USS Portland, sent to retrieve the Orion capsule after it splashed down in the Pacific off Mexico. AP
    A member of the US Air Force uses a weather balloon aboard the USS Portland, sent to retrieve the Orion capsule after it splashed down in the Pacific off Mexico. AP
  • Smoke billows from a guest house after an attack in Kabul. Afghanistan’s capital was rocked by a loud explosion and gunfire. EPA
    Smoke billows from a guest house after an attack in Kabul. Afghanistan’s capital was rocked by a loud explosion and gunfire. EPA
  • Environmental activists outside the HQ of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee in Saint Denis, near Paris. They oppose the impact of building sites for the event on inhabitants of one of the poorest department of France. EPA
    Environmental activists outside the HQ of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee in Saint Denis, near Paris. They oppose the impact of building sites for the event on inhabitants of one of the poorest department of France. EPA
  • Pilgrims sleep next to images of the Virgin of Guadalupe outside a basilica in Mexico City. AFP
    Pilgrims sleep next to images of the Virgin of Guadalupe outside a basilica in Mexico City. AFP
  • A Gucci shop window covered with protective chipboard against fragments of shelling, with a sign reading 'Gucci is open', in the centre of Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. AFP
    A Gucci shop window covered with protective chipboard against fragments of shelling, with a sign reading 'Gucci is open', in the centre of Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. AFP
  • Big Ben watches over Frosty the Snowman in London. Reuters
    Big Ben watches over Frosty the Snowman in London. Reuters

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