Today in Pictures, Dec 16, 2016

Lanterns released in Lahore, Pakistan, Lascaux cave paintings replica unveiled in Montignac, France, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Dec 16, 2016, 09:54 AM

Pakistani civil society activists release lanterns into the sky in Lahore on December 15, 2016, as they pay tribute to victims on the second anniversary of an attack on The Army Public School in the city of Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP

People visit the new replica of the Lascaux cave paintings, during the first public opening on December 15, 2016 in Montignac, in the Dordogne region of southwest France, more than seven decades after the prehistoric art was first discovered. PHOTO: AFP

Pro-government forces watch as buses pass during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held neighbourhoods in the embattled city of Aleppo on December 15, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A Greek pensioner wipes his face with a fake euro banknote during a demonstration against government policies affecting pensioners in Athens, Greece, December 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Palestinian boy who lives in a container as a temporary replacement for his house that was destroyed in the 2014 war, jumps over a flooded path on a rainy day in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip December 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Displaced Iraqi children, who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, look through a window in a tent in Khazer refugee camp, east of Mosul, Iraq, December 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A worker applies colour to strings which will be used to fly kites, on a roadside in Ahmedabad, India, December 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

People skate on the ice skating rink hosted at the glass-roofed central hall of the Grand Palais in Paris, during the opening nigth party on December 15, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man captures rime at a park beside a river in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China December 15, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Star Wars fan dressed as film character Princess Leia photographs other fans dressed as Stormtroopers outside the Grand Rex movie theatre after attending the first screening of the new Star Wars franchise movie 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' in Paris, France, December 14, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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