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The Week in Pictures: Last supermoon of 2025, Hong Kong mourns deadly fire.

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Published: Dec 08, 2025, 05:12 PM

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Last supermoon, deadly Hong Kong fire

Last supermoon of 2025, Hong Kong mourns deadly fire in Tai Po.

DEC 4

A couple and their child looking through a telescope to observe the last supermoon of 2025, known as the Cold Moon, in Aguimes, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on Dec 4, 2025.

PHOTO: REUTERS

DEC 5

A visitor to the La Carlota Convention Center extending his arms in front of a screen showing a picture of the sun during the inauguration of a space-themed children’s exhibition on the solar system, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec 5, 2025.

PHOTO: REUTERS

DEC 6

A drone view showing a mosque and a boarding school in an area affected by a deadly flash flood following heavy rains in Karang Baru, Aceh Tamiang regency, Indonesia, on Dec 6, 2025.

PHOTO: PREUTERS

DEC 7

An Etihad aircraft accompanied by Emirates jets performing a flyover before the start of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix, at the Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates, on Dec 7, 2025.

PHOTO: PHAFP

DEC 7

World champion and race third-placed McLaren’s British driver Lando Norris (centre) celebrating with his team at the end of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix, at the Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates, on Dec 7, 2025.

PHOTO: AFP

DEC 4

Visitors admiring the Yellow Sea Forest Park as the leaves of dawn redwoods turn red and yellow in winter in Yancheng, eastern China’s Jiangsu province, on Dec 4, 2025.

PHOTO: AFP

DEC 7

Participants wearing Santa Claus costumes taking part in the 17th Michendorfer Nikolauslauf fun run in Michendorf, southwest of Berlin, Germany, on Dec 7, 2025.

PHOTO: AFP

DEC 2

Visitors looking at the exhibition Library Of Us by British artist Es Devlin, a 50ft-wide rotating triangular bookshelf containing 2,500 books that have shaped the artist’s life and practice, during Art Basel 2025, in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Dec 2, 2025.

PHOTO: AFP

DEC 1

People gathering next to a pile of flowers at a makeshift memorial in a small park near the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, after the deadly fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Dec 1, 2025.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Produced by: Desmond Foo and Suneeta Devi.

Source: The Straits Times

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