Liverpool, UK.
Dog walkers pass by daffodils in bloom. The UK is braced for an ‘unsettled’ start to 2025 with heavy snow, rain and wind expected to cause travel disruption over New Year’s Eve
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
Nairobi, Kenya
Riot police lob teargas canisters to try to disperse protesters demonstrating against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics
Photograph: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters
Westcliff-on-Sea, UK
Subbuteo enthusiasts play in Stephen Morton’s house in Essex. Morton opens his house, full of elaborate pitches he has created himself and adorned with Subbuteo memorabilia, every year on 29 December for enthusiasts to play on his handmade tables
Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
The Taunus mountain range, Germany
Cars drive through a forest with frozen trees near Frankfurt
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
Kocaeli province, Turkey
An underwater image reveals the spread of mucilage or ‘sea snot’ in the Sea of Marmara, released by overabundant algae due to excessive nutrients in the water. The thick layer threatens marine life including seahorses, one of the region’s best-loved animal species
Photograph: Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu/Getty Images
Sinpho, North Korea
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, visits a new offshore fish farm in South Hamgyong province
Photograph: KCNA/EPA
Viña del Mar, Chile
Heavy tidal waves battering Chile’s coast. The Chilean national disaster prevention and response service issued a preventive early warning as giant waves pummelled Ecuador and Peru, leaving at least two dead
Photograph: Javier Torres/AFP/Getty Images
Gran Canaria, Spain
Migrants wait to be treated by the Red Cross after arriving on a fibreglass boat at the beach of Castillo del Romeral
Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters
Rongcheng, China
Fishers work at a kelp farming area in Ailun Bay, in eastern China’s Shandong province
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images
Deir al-Balah, Gaza
Women cover their faces as they line up to receive donated food at a distribution centre for displaced Palestinians
Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
Ribnovo, Bulgaria
Selve Kiselova, a 21-year-old Pomak (Bulgarian-speaking Muslim) bride, has elaborate makeup applied to her face before her wedding ceremony. The people of this Bulgarian mountain village are famous for their unique marriage rituals
Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images
Mayotte, France
A pedestrian walks past upside-down boats in Pamandzi on the island of Petite-Terre in the French Indian Ocean territory. The most devastating cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years caused colossal damage on 14 December in France’s poorest department, where relief workers have struggled to restore essential services such as water, electricity and communications networks
Photograph: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty Images
Damascus, Syria
Birds fly over wrecked buildings in Yarmouk refugee camp, which endured a siege by the forces of the ousted Bashar al-Assad. Citizens are returning to their homes in the war-torn camp
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Weehawken, US
The Empire State Building in New York City is illuminated in red, white and blue to mark the death of the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter
Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Muan, South Korea
Firefighters search the wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft at Muan international airport after the jet crash landed on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people onboard
Photograph: Han Myung-Gu/EPA
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