Today in Pictures, Dec 17, 2015

Protests in Brazil, tsunami drill in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Dec 17, 2015, 03:34 PM

People participate in a march in support of Dilma Rousseff, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16 December 2015. Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Brazil demanded the dismissal of President Dilma Rousseff on 13 December as protests were held across the nation. PHOTO: EPA

Students and teachers try to escape from a classroom by covering their heads with bags during a tsunami drill as part of a disaster awareness program at a school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 17 December 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Indonesian Navy officers inspect the sinking MV Thorco Cloud after a collision with MT Stolt Commitment tanker on the waters out of the port limit (OPL) of Batam-Singapore, Indonesia, 17 December 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Activist Wesley West (C) leads a protest in front of the courthouse in Baltimore, December 16, 2015. A Maryland judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the trial of the first of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Haitian journalist is overcome by tear gas fired by police while covering a demonstration in Port-au-Prince on December 16, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

A worker with his face covered, rests on a tarpaulin at a construction site of a residential complex in Bengaluru, India, December 16, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Swimmers jump off a jetty to escape the summer heat at Henley Beach, west of Adelaide, December 17, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Baseball player Brayan Pena, (C), salutes children at the Latinoamericano stadium in Havana, December 16, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

The golden mask of legendary Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after its restoration, on December 16, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Members of a Star Wars fan club pose for pictures before the film premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' at Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, 16 December 2015. PHOTO: EPA

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