Today in Pictures, Dec 19, 2024
A fire at a karaoke bar in Vietnam, the longest Stollen bread in Singapore, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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The Christmas market at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, on Dec 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters extinguishing a fire at a karaoke bar in Hanoi on Dec 19. The fire killed 11 people and injured two others in a suspected arson attack, the police said on Dec 19.
PHOTO: AFP
Fifty kitchen staff from Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) doing their final preparation for the longest stollen bread in Singapore before its adjudication by the Singapore Book of Records on Dec 18. The official length of the 500kg festive treat is 93.1m. Stollen is a sweet bread filled with fruits, nuts, and spices, typically served during Christmas. Over the past three months, the RWS kitchen staff, led by bakery sous chef Jude Anthony Danker, have prepared 293 pieces of stollen, each 30cm long, for their record-breaking attempt.
ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI
Migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, sitting near a razor wire fence set by the US authorities as a Texas National Guard soldier aims to fire tear gas on Dec 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Mr Jose Daniel, a Venezuelan migrant seeking asylum in the US, walking with crutches near the Rio Bravo river in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec 18, after rumours spread that migrants would be allowed to enter the United States.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman standing in front of her destroyed house in Pamandzi, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on Dec 17, after Cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. Rescuers raced against time to reach survivors and supply urgent aid after the devastating cyclone ripped through Mayotte, destroying homes across the islands, with hundreds feared dead.
PHOTO: AFP
The wreckage of a Challenger 300 aircraft that crashed near the San Fernando airport on the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Dec 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Visitors viewing a lighting display that forms part of the Christmas At Stourhead seasonal illuminated trail at Stourhead house and gardens in Britain on Dec 17.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Rescue workers from Australia’s disaster assistance response team onboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III bound for Vanuatu from RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland on Dec 18. Rescue teams dug for survivors trapped in crumpled buildings after a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people, burying some in rubble and landslides.
PHOTO: AFP
