Today in Pictures, Dec 28, 2015

The weather causing havoc around the world with fires in Bilbao, Spain, and floods in northern England, and Alabama, US, while in Abu Dhabi, jockeys compete in camel races. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Dec 28, 2015, 12:37 PM

Flames burning trees near houses during a fire which began at Berango village in Bizkaia near Bilbao, Spain on Dec 27, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

A girl playing in floodwaters on a residential street adjacent to the River Foss which burst its banks in York, northern England on Dec 27, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Jockeys competing in a camel race during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert near Madinat Zayed city on Dec 26, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

Cars crossing the bridge at the Pea River in Elba, Alabama, on Dec 26, 2015. Storms and heavy rain hit the US state last week. PHOTO: REUTERS

People skating and walking on the frozen Oeschinensee mountain lake near Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland on Dec 25, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Shadows of people crossing the mediaeval Charles Bridge on a warm day in Prague, Czech Republic on Dec 26, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

A Palestinian boy sitting outside his house, which was painted by Palestinian artists, in Al Shataa refugee camp in Gaza City on Dec 26, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

A local dressed up in the traditional "caretos" costume posing during a winter mascarade in the northern Portuguese parish of Parada de Grijo during the Sao Estebao festivities on Dec 27, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

A heavily damaged house seen on Dec 27, 2015, in the aftermath of a tornado in Rowlett, Texas. PHOTO: AFP

An Indian family enjoying a boat ride on the Arabian Sea coast off Mumbai, India on Dec 27, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

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