Today in Pictures, Dec 23, 2024

The Floating Marvels event in Singapore, the David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away) immersive exhibition in London, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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ST20241221_202478800163/pixkites/Jason Quah Visitors viewing inflatable sea creatures, including jellyfish, manta rays and whales up to 15-metres in size, during The Floating Marvels event at Palawan beach in Sentosa on Dec 21, 2025. The Floating Marvels is an audiovisual experience curated by Mr Myles Ziebart, who has worked on projects for the Singapore River Festival and Singapore Night Festival. The event runs from 8.15pm to 10pm on weekends until Dec 29. It resumes on weekends from Jan 25 to Feb 16. Alongside an accompanying event featuring kites earlier in the day, The Floating Marvels is part of Sentosa’s A Big, Big World line up of programmes across Resorts World Sentosa, Sentosa Sensoryscape, and Palawan Beach. Find out more at abigbigworld.sentosa.com.sg ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH — Inflatable sea creatures including jellyfish, manta rays and whales up to 15m in size on display during The Floating Marvels event at Palawan Beach in Singapore, on Dec 21, 2024.
ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

A drone view shows residential and administrative buildings damaged and destroyed by continued Russian military strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine December 19, 2024. Сonsolidated Brigade 'Khyzhak' of the Ukrainian Patrol Police Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. — Residential and administrative buildings damaged and destroyed in ongoing Russian military strikes amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Dec 19, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

TOPSHOT - Visitors attend the 'David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)’ immersive exhibition in Aviva Studios, Manchester, north-west England on December 20, 2024. David Hockney's immersive show opened to the public in London last year and offers a hypnotic, multi-sensory journey through the artist's decades-long career, from sun-drenched California swimming pools to the Normandy countryside. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION — Visitors at the David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away) immersive exhibition in Aviva Studios, Manchester, north-west England, on Dec 20, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP

Volunteers cleaning up spilled oil along the coastline after two tankers were damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait. The incident took place near the settlement of Blagoveshchenskaya, close to the Black Sea resort of Anapa in the Krasnodar region, Russia, on Dec 21, 2024. — Volunteers cleaning up spilled oil along the coastline after two tankers were damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait. The incident took place near the settlement of Blagoveshchenskaya, close to the Black Sea resort of Anapa in the Krasnodar region, Russia, on Dec 21, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

A standard poodle named Kane, walks in Central Park after the city’s first snowfall of the season, on the first day of winter in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S. December 21, 2024. REUTERS/Adam Gray TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — A standard poodle walking in Central Park after the city’s first snowfall of the season, on the first day of winter in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Dec 21, 2024.
PHOT: REUTERS

Salisbury Cathedral choristers pose in the cloisters as they prepare to rehearse for festive season performances at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Britain, December 21, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — Salisbury Cathedral choristers posing in the cloisters as they prepared to rehearse for festive season performances at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, Britain, on Dec 21, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Giant Slalom - Alta Badia, Italy - December 22, 2024
The aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, Frecce Tricolori, performs REUTERS/Claudia Greco — The Frecce Tricolori, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, performing during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy, on Dec 22, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

TOPSHOT - This photograph shows damaged homes in the city of Mamoudzou on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago on December 22, 2024. Paris declared "exceptional natural disaster" measures for Mayotte, France's poorest region near Madagascar off the coast of southeastern Africa. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP) — Damaged homes in the city of Mamoudzou in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after Cyclone Chido struck the archipelago on Dec 22, 2024. Paris has declared ”exceptional natural disaster” measures for Mayotte, France’s poorest region, located near Madagascar off the south-eastern coast of Africa.
PHOTO: AFP

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