Today in Pictures, Dec 13, 2019

New Zealand rescue team works to retrieve bodies on volcanic White Island, protest in Guwahati, India, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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December 13, 2019 at 1:00 PM

Rescue crew dressed in protective gear are seen as they work to retrieve bodies on the volcanic White Island that fatally erupted earlier this week in New Zealand, December 13, 2019, in this picture obtained from social media. PHOTO: NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE VIA REUTERS

Relatives react as they wait for rescue mission, following the White Island volcano eruption in Whakatane, New Zealand, December 13, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Guwahati, India, on December 12, 2019. Indian police fired blanks as thousands of protesters ignored a curfew in the north-east of the country, in a fresh day of demonstrations against contentious new citizenship legislation. PHOTO: AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds arrive at the Conservative Party's headquarters following the general election in London, Britain December 13, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aide carries a placard as the US House Committee on the Judiciary marks-up House Resolution 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump, in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, DC on December 12, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Activists of the environmental NGO Greenpeace hold flares after attaching a giant banner on the frontage of European Council's building in Brussels during a protest action in Brussels, on December 12, 2019 ahead of the European Summit. PHOTO: AFP

Students Yap Kesin (right), 21, and Nyan Wun Paing 24, at the Autonomous Resonating Life On The Water And Resonating Trees exhibit at Gardens by the Bay on Dec 11, 2019 . When people touch the egg-shaped lights floating on Dragonfly Lake, the lights change colour. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GIN TAY

Star Wars fans wait outside the TCL Chinese Theater one week before the release of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" movie in Hollywood, California on December 12, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A still image taken from a video and issued on Dec 12, 2019, shows a tamed golden eagle soaring during a traditional hunting contest outside the village of Kaynar in Almaty region, Kazakhstan December 9, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Dark clouds hang over the Schwaebische Alb landscape slightly covered in snow in Engstingen near Reutlingen, southern Germany, on December 12, 2019. PHOTO: DPA VIA AFP

Maddie Mastro of the United States competes during the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Qualifiers on December 12, 2019 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

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