Today in Pictures, Dec 23, 2022
A woman standing among illuminated decorations ahead of Christmas and New Year’s celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, a person wearing an animal mask touches the stones during winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge near Amesbury, Britain, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A woman visits illuminated decorations assembled ahead of Christmas and New Year's celebrations, at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand, December 22, 2022.
REUTERS
A person wearing an animal mask touches the stones during winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge near Amesbury, Britain, November, December 22, 2022.
REUTERS
A migrant seeking asylum in the U.S. reacts as border patrol agents drive by the border fence at the Rio Bravo river, the border between Mexico and the U.S., as seen from El Paso, Texas, U.S., December 22, 2022.
REUTERS
A worker checks the lottery balls with numbers before dropping them into a rotating lottery drum ahead of the start of the draw of Spain's traditional Christmas Lottery "El Gordo" (The Fat One), at Teatro Real, in Madrid, Spain December 22, 2022.
REUTERS
Flags representing fallen soldiers, including foreign soldiers are seen in the snow, on Independence Square, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 22, 2022.
REUTERS
Junior high school students take part in an earthquake and tsunami drill in Banda Aceh on December 23, 2022, ahead of the 18th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami on December 26.
AFP
Local residents are seen in front of a light installation during the Chinese Lanterns Festival in Santiago, Chile December 22, 2022.
REUTERS
A mahout dressed as Santa Claus gives a gift to an elephant to be handed over to students ahead of Christmas celebrations at a primary school, in Ayutthaya, Thailand, December 23, 2022.
REUTERS
Asylum-seeking migrants, mostly from Venezuela, camp in a park by the Rio Grande river, on the day after the COVID-era Title 42 U.S. migration restrictions were set to end, until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to let the policy temporarily stay in place, in Matamoros, Mexico, December 22, 2022.
REUTERS
An resident watches a forest fire in Vina del Mar, Chile, 22 December 2022. The National Forest Corporation reported that 15 hectares have been affected.
EPA-EFE
