Today in Pictures, Dec 21, 2017

Light show at an amusement park in Japan, memorial for SHINee's lead singer in Hong Lim Park, Singapore, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Dec 21, 2017, 09:31 AM

Visitors view an illumination show at an amusement park on the outskirt of Tokyo, Japan, December 20, 2017. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Thousands of Singaporean fans of South Korean pop group SHINee lined up in an orderly fashion to get into Hong Lim Park yesterday to pay their respects to the band’s lead singer, Kim Jong Hyun, at a memorial service on Dec 20, 2017. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GAVIN FOO

A tourist walks on the 'Peak Walk' suspension bridge on a winter day at the Glacier 3000 on the Col du Pillon between Gstaad and Les Diablerets, in Switzerland, December 20, 2017. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

US President Donald J. Trump, joined by Republican members of the House and Senate, speaks about the passage of the Republican tax plan on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA December 20, 2017. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A protester jumps over a wall during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 20, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A general view shows a Christmas tree being decorated in the Christian-majority neighbourhood of Hamidiyeh in the old city of Homs on December 17, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistani well-wishers pray for the victims of a suicide attack on a church, in Lahore on December 20, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Yellow ribbons, used as symbols of the demand for the release of jailed Catalan politicians, are tied to the railings of a bridge in Girona, Spain, December 20, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aerial view shows floating ice blocks cut from the frozen surface of Xiuhu lake in Shenyang, northeastern China's Liaoning province on December 20, 2017. The ice blocks are used as part of winter tourism activities in the region. PHOTO: AFP

Circumcised Maasai young men wearing a ritual costume covered with hunted birds, come out from the bush to receive blessing from ceremony masters near Kilgoris, Kenya, on the last day of the annual one-month-long circumcision ceremony, on December 20, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Members of the Philippines' military brass band perform during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the military at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, suburban Manila on December 20, 2017, attended by President Rodrigo Duterte. PHOTO: AFP

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