Ahmedabad, India
Police officers detain a Congress party worker during a protest against the home minister, Amit Shah, over his remarks about Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian constitution
Photograph: Ajit Solanki/AP
Tapa, Estonia
The UK defence secretary, John Healey, serves Christmas lunch to military personnel at the Tapa base, where about 900 British troops are deployed to defend Nato’s eastern flank
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA/AFP/Getty Images
London, UK
Darts enthusiasts in fancy dress arrive for day five of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace
Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA
Avignon, France
Gisèle Pelicot speaks to reporters after her ex-husband, one of the worst sex offenders in modern French history, was sentenced to the maximum term of 20 years in jail. Dominique Pelicot was found guilty of drugging his then wife and inviting dozens of men to rape her in her home over almost a decade
Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images
Damascus, Syria
A man takes a photograph of his son posing with Syrian troops days after the country’s leader, Bashar al-Assad, was ousted
Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
A roadside stall displaying Christmas decorations. The country has a diverse religious landscape, with no single religion practised by the majority of the population
Photograph: Legnan Koula/EPA
Ramat Gan, Israel
Workers remove debris after a missile fired by Houthis in Yemen struck a school east of Tel Aviv
Photograph: Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu/Getty Images
Sana’a, Yemen
Firefighters douse oil tanks with water at a power station that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in the Houthi-run capital
Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images
Khan Younis, Gaza
Charity workers distribute bread to people who fled to the al-Mawasi area of the city during an Israeli onslaught. Palestinians are struggling with extreme hunger as Israel’s attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip continue
Photograph: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu/Getty Images
Gaza
Humanitarian aid awaiting collection on the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing
Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
Kent, UK
The Folkestone White Horse gets a makeover inspired by Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters
Mayotte, France
People scour through rubble for their belongings in Kaweni, a district of the French Indian Ocean territory’s capital, Mamoudzou, after Cyclone Chido’s passage. President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Mayotte to assess the devastation as the search for survivors continues
Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
Port Vila, Vanuatu
People wait onboard a Royal Australian Air Force plane for takeoff from Bauerfield airport during a repatriation flight after a devastating earthquake. Foreign rescuers have joined the search for survivors amid the rubble of shattered buildings in the south Pacific Ocean state
Photograph: Adam Abela/Australian Department of Defence/AFP/Getty
Hawaii, US
Canada’s Erin Brooks competes to win the women’s Vans 2024 Pipe Masters on Oahu’s north shore
Photograph: Brian Bielmann/AFP/Getty Images
Nantes, France
Members of the Paris Benares theatre company perform during a demonstration in western France, where the 2025 budget review began, against the drastic cuts to culture and sport announced by the president of the Pays de la Loire region
Photograph: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP/Getty Images
Jabir as-Sirhan, Jordan
Trucks queue to enter Syria through the Jaber-Nassib border crossing after the Jordanian government allowed the transportation of goods to resume
Photograph: Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty Images
Harbin, China
Ice and Snow World prepares to open to tourists in Heilongjiang province
Photograph: Weitao Tian/Getty Images
Lanzarote, Spain
People wait to be assisted after the arrival of a rescue ship in the port of Arrecife. The Guardamar Urania vessel saved 147 people from three inflatable boats, including 46 survivors of a sunken dinghy. At least four people have died and four others are missing
Photograph: Adriel Perdomo/EPA
Bangkok, Thailand
A statue of Young-hee, a large motion-sensing animatronic doll from the Netflix series Squid Game, stands on a barge in front of Wat Arun on the Chao Phraya River for the launch of the second season of the popular South Korean show
Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images
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