Today in Pictures, Dec 10, 2019

Volcano erupts on White Island in New Zealand, smoke shrouds Opera House in Sydney, Australia, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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December 10, 2019 at 11:15 AM

This handout photograph courtesy of Michael Schade shows the volcano on New Zealand's White Island spewing steam and ash moments after it erupted on December 9, 2019. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

Flowers laid on a makeshift memorial is seen in front of cruise ship Ovation of the Seas, in Tauranga, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday Dec. 9 in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing multiple people and leaving many more missing. PHOTO: AP

Thick smoke from wildfires shroud the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Hot dry conditions have brought an early start to the fire season. PHOTO: AP

An anti-government demonstrator is sprayed by a police water cannon during a protest in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. PHOTO: AP

Lebanese men use a paddle board as means of transportation on a flooded road due to heavy rain, at the southern entrance of the capital Beirut on December 9, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

This picture taken on December 9, 2019 shows the site of a destroyed crane, after a containership that went adrift collided with the crane, on the Antwerp Gateway (DP World) at the Deurganckdok docks in the Port of Antwerp. PHOTO: BELGA VIA AFP

Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray as a priest displays a relic of Sufi saint Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani outside his shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. PHOTO: AP

A waiter carries crystal glasses at the historic hotel and restaurant "El Torino" in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. PHOTO: AP

Zozibini Tunzi, of South Africa, is crowned Miss Universe by her predecessor, Catriona Gray of the Philippines, at the 2019 Miss Universe pageant at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. December 8, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Two giant panda cubs "Meng Yuan" (L) and "Meng Xiang" are presented to the media after they were given their names at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin on December 9, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

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