Today in Pictures, Dec 22, 2017

Car ploughs into crowd in Melbourne, Australia, Singapore Countdown preview, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Dec 22, 2017, 09:58 AM

A white SUV (L) sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017. The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. PHOTO: AFP

A preview of the light projection on the facade of The Fullerton Hotel for the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2018 on December 21, 2017. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ GAVIN FOO

A zoo staff feeds crocodiles as visitors look on at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon City, north of Manila, Philippines December 21, 2017. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A portrait and the coffin of Kim Jong-hyun, the lead singer of top South Korean boy band SHINee, is carried during his funeral at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, December 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Israeli forces fire teargas canisters during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A general view of the opening of the 5th Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on December 22,2017. PHOTO: KCNA via REUTERS

A Christian worshipper kisses a 14-pointed silver star at the Grotto, believed to be the exact spot where Jesus Christ was born, as others pray at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on December 21, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken on December 21, 2017 shows a murmuration of starlings in the sky over agricultural fields near the Israeli city of Beit Shean in the Jordan Valley. PHOTO: AFP

Three-years old Andrei Zamfir, sits on his father's shoulders and points his baloon toy weapon while attending a Christmas Tree show dedicated to the children of the fallen or wounded heroes of the Romanian Army, who died or get injured while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq wars, at the Military House in Bucharest, Romania, December 21, 2017. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A photo released on December 22, 2017 shows passersby and tourists outside the holiday window displays at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, December. 11, 2017. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

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