• Hindu devotees gather as they listen to a spiritual speaker at an ashram on a cold winter morning in Mathura on December 21, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
    Hindu devotees gather as they listen to a spiritual speaker at an ashram on a cold winter morning in Mathura on December 21, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
  • Migrants gather at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. EPA
    Migrants gather at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. EPA
  • A seven-year-old female orangutan named Shizuka looks on from inside a cage during a ceremony in Thailand held before the smuggled orangutans were sent back to Indonesia. EPA
    A seven-year-old female orangutan named Shizuka looks on from inside a cage during a ceremony in Thailand held before the smuggled orangutans were sent back to Indonesia. EPA
  • People work at an aid distribution centre for earthquake victims in Jishishan county, in China's north-western Gansu province. AFP
    People work at an aid distribution centre for earthquake victims in Jishishan county, in China's north-western Gansu province. AFP
  • People visit the 25th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, in China’s northern Heilongjiang province. AFP
    People visit the 25th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, in China’s northern Heilongjiang province. AFP
  • Officials from the national electoral commission count votes at a polling station in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP
    Officials from the national electoral commission count votes at a polling station in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP
  • Female members of the Mandalay People’s Defence Forces head to the front line amid clashes with the Myanmar military in northern Shan State. AFP
    Female members of the Mandalay People’s Defence Forces head to the front line amid clashes with the Myanmar military in northern Shan State. AFP
  • An Indigenous man performs the Flying Pole outside Santo Tomas church in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. AFP
    An Indigenous man performs the Flying Pole outside Santo Tomas church in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. AFP
  • PSG players Kylian Mbappe and his brother Ethan look on during a French L1 football match between PSG and FC Metz in Paris. AFP
    PSG players Kylian Mbappe and his brother Ethan look on during a French L1 football match between PSG and FC Metz in Paris. AFP
  • Protesters gather at Plaza de Mayo Square during the first demonstration against the new government of Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AFP
    Protesters gather at Plaza de Mayo Square during the first demonstration against the new government of Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AFP

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December 21, 2023

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