Today in Pictures, Dec 21, 2016

Berliners mourn for victims of Christmas market attack, blast at fireworks market in Mexico City, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Dec 21, 2016, 09:20 AM

Women mourn at the scene where a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital last night in Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Survivors search amid the ruins left by a huge blast that occurred in a fireworks market in Mexico City on December 20, 2016 killing at least nine people and injuring 70, according to police. PHOTO: AFP

Christian militia fighters from the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) drive a pick-up truck in Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), transporting four men, allegedly members of the Islamic State (IS) group that were found inside a tunnel in Mosul, on December 20, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

An Afghan officer reacts in front of a burning pile of seized narcotics and alcoholic drinks, in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan December 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A young displaced Iraqi boy, who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, sits in a wheelbarrow at Khazer camp, Iraq, December, 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kashmiri fishermen cover their heads and part of their boats with blankets and straw as they wait to catch fish in the waters of the Anchar Lake on a cold day in Srinagar, December 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Indian Sikh participants perform 'Gatka' the Sikh martial art during a competition in Amritsar on December 20, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

German police officers and 'crochet heroes' Tim Pittelkow (R) and Carsten Kraemer (L) sit on a massive crochet blanket in Ratingen, Germany, December 20, 2016. The two policemen have been crocheting for their charity project 'Haekelhelden' (lit.: crochet heroes) since 2012. PHOTO: EPA

Filipinos have their picture taken inside a dome decorated with Christmas lanterns at a park in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines, December 20, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Big-wave surfer Tom Butler of Britain drops in on a large wave during Nazare Challenge championship at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, December 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A skier makes a turn during sunset on Rosshutte mountain in the western Austrian ski resort of Seefeld December 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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