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Seoul, South Korea
People in Seoul attend a candlelight vigil on 4 December 2024 condemning South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise declaration of martial law, which was reversed hours later, and to call for his resignation.
Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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Vatican City, Rome
Pope Francis leads the weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City.
Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPA
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London, UK
Japanese Sumo wrestlers Kitanowaka Daisuke and Fukutsuumi Akira pose with a London black cab after the Grand Sumo Tournament press conference at the Royal Albert Hall.
Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
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Zonguldak, Turkey
Miners have breakfast on World Miners’ Day at one of Turkey’s main coal production centres.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Aleppo Province, Syria
Anti-government fighters pose for a selfie on a Syrian regime military aircraft at the Kweyris military airfield in the eastern part of Aleppo province.
Photograph: Rami Al Sayed/AFP/Getty Images
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Ashtabula, Ohio
Cattle struggle during a heavy snowstorm that blanketed Ashtabula County with 90cm of snow. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency, which mobilised state resources to help affected residents and farmers.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Seoul, South Korea
Young women near the Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the 14th-century Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul.
Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
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Angoulême, France
A drone view of the word ‘Mercosur’ made from road signs by French farmers protesting against the prospect of a trade agreement between the European Union and Latin American countries of the Mercosur South American trade bloc.
Photograph: Stéphane Mahé/Reuters
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Katowice, Poland
Members of the KWK Wieczorek mining orchestra, led by conductor Andrzej Pisarzowski, parade through the Katowice district of Nikiszowiec to wake residents ahead of the traditional St Barbara’s Day Mass.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Salisbury, United Kingdom
Head verger Esther Lycett looks up at Salisbury Cathedral’s 28ft Christmas tree from Longleat Forest, after its installation inside the cathedral’s nave.
Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
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Krasnoyarsk, Russia
The Biryusinka Christmas tree toy factory in Siberia.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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