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A man casts a fishing rod during the sunset at a beach in Banda Aceh on December 8, 2023. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Demonstrators lift portraits of Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah (L) and Lebanese Al-Mayadeen reporter Farah Omar, killed in different instances while covering the frequent exchanges of fire with Hezbollah across Israel’s border with Lebanon, while sitting in front of symbolic coffins and shrouds of children at a rally supporting Gaza in front of the National Museum building in Beirut on December 8, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP)Service station employee Pablo Vega, 48, voter of president-elect Javier Milei, gets his leg tattooed with an image of Milei’s face in La Matanza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina on December 7, 2023. – Samir Santa Cruz, a 21-year-old delivery man, pedals day and night to bring some money home. “It was a relief that (Javier) Milei won; I trust him,” he says, hopefully, like other young Argentines, the sector that most supports the president-elect. (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO / AFP)People fish along a jetty along in the northern coastal Israeli city of Nahariya near the border with Lebanon on December 8, 2023, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip. – In northern Israel, residents fear a wider regional war amid repeated exchanges of fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the beginning of the war in Gaza. On December 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened that Beirut would turn “into Gaza” if Hezbollah “chooses to start a global war”. (Photo by jalaa marey / AFP)This photograph taken on December 8, 2023 shows the Lagoon Boulevard at the central business district the Plateau and the Cocody bridge (R) in Abidjan. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales arrives to attend the “Together At Christmas” Carol Service” at Westminster Abbey in London on December 8, 2023. – The event will be broadcast as part of ‘Royal Carols: Together At Christmas’, a special programme, airing at 7:45pm on ITV1 and ITV X on Christmas Eve. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)France’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne leaves Mamoudzou aboard a French gendarmerie interceptor boat used to fight illegal immigration, during her one-day visit on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, on December 8, 2023. – Elisabeth Borne travels to Mayotte on December 8, 2023 to make announcements on water, housing and health in France’s poorest department, which faces severe drought, migratory pressure from neighbouring Comoros and growing insecurity. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)A Christmas tree and decorations are illuminated at the bottom of the Spanish steps in Rome on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin (C) escorted by mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi (R), talks to the media during a visit to the railway station in Menton Garavan, on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)Japan’s Rion Sumiyoshi competes in the women short program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing on December 8, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)In this pool photograph distributed by Russia’s state agency Sputnik Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with recipients of Gold Star medals on the eve of the Heroes of the Fatherland Day at the St. George Hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 8, 2023. – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on December 8, 2023 that he would run for re-election in 2024, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s. The 71-year-old has led Russia since the turn of the century, winning four presidential ballots and briefly serving as prime minister in a system where opposition has become virtually non-existent. (Photo by Valery SHARIFULIN / POOL / AFP)(L-R) Skaters from China, Netherlands and Britain compete during the quarter-finals of the menís 5000m relay at the ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating event in Beijing on December 8, 2023. (Photo by AFP)Moldova’s Alina Stremous finishes the women’s 7,5 km sprint event of the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)A picture taken from the Israeli side of border with Lebanon shows shells exploding over hills around the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab on December 8, 2023, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by jalaa marey / AFP)Israeli soldiers light the candle of Hanukkah on the eve of Shabbat at a position near the Gaza border on December 8, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)Customers choose a Christmas tree to rent at London Christmas Tree Rental in Dulwich, London, December 8, 2023. – On a crisp, winter’s day at a London scout centre, seasoned customers picked their way along muddy rows of Christmas trees in pots labelled with their names while newcomers mulled over which one to rent. “It’s a big decision” said one. With a rise in popularity of artificial trees for environmental reasons, Londoners who prefer a real Christmas tree can now be equally sustainable. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)People look at a drawing by late French cartoonist Albert Uderzo, the original cover of “Asterix and Cleopatra”, on display at Millon auction house in Brussels, on December 9, 2023, one day before it goes under the hammer despite the opposition of both Uderzo’s daughter and widow. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)A man walks as waves break offshore in Plomeur, western France, on December 8, 2023. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leaves after a prayer in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary near Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, on December 08, 2023. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 08: Reporters watch as Marine One, carrying U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the White House on December 08, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden is traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada, for remarks his administration’s infrastructure agenda and then later travel to California to attend campaign events over the weekend. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
