Today in Pictures, Dec 21, 2023
An orangutan in a cage seized from the Thailand-Malaysia border, newly-recruited members of the Houthi army in Yemen, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Ms Masinda Nduru, a 98-year-old internally displaced Congolese woman, being processed by Independent National Electoral Commission officials before voting during the presidential election at a polling centre at the Kanyaruchinya site for displaced people in Congo’s Nyiragongo territory on Dec 20.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An Israeli volunteer taking part in an avocado fruit harvest at a plantation near Kibbutz Erez, close to the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Dec 20, amid a shortage of workers due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
A Palestinian boy mourns a relative killed during Israeli bombardment outside the morgue at the Nasser Medical hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Dec 20.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Female members of the Mandalay People’s Defence Forces heading to the front line amid clashes with the Myanmar military in northern Shan State on Dec 10. In the hills of northern Myanmar, young women fly combat drones, treat wounded comrades and patrol the front lines – new roles in the battle to overthrow the military junta.
PHOTO: AFP
Newly recruited members of the Houthi army at a parade in Yemen’s Amran province on Dec 20. The Houthis have mobilised and recruited thousands of tribal militiamen to create an army for a possible confrontation with Israel amid fears of a wider regional conflict stemming from the Israel-Hamas conflict.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Demonstrators outside the National Congress during a protest against Argentina’s new President Javier Milei’s adjustment policy, in Buenos Aires on Dec 21.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Choristers at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral lighting their candles during a rehearsal on Dec 20 ahead of Advent and Christmas services.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Eight thousand pairs of shoes displayed on Dec 20 at the De Binnenrotte in Rotterdam symbolising the thousands of Palestinian children who have died in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Two people rowing a gondola in the Naviglio Grande canal that was decorated with Christmas lights, in Milan, Italy, Dec 20, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An orangutan seized from the Thailand-Malaysia border at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Dec 21 before being transferred to Indonesia.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Hindu devotees listening to a spiritual speaker at an ashram on a cold winter morning in Mathura, India, on Dec 21.
PHOTO: AFP
An Indigenous man performing the “flying pole”, outside Santo Tomas church in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, on Dec 20. Palo volador (flying pole) is an indigenous-pre-Hispanic tradition in Guatemala where people climb to the top of a 30m tree trunk to give thanks for the crops and welcome the winter solstice.
PHOTO: AFP
A man walking past a collapsed house in Dahejia in Jishishan county in north-west China’s Gansu province on Dec 20. Survivors of China’s deadliest earthquake in years huddled in aid tents on Dec 20 after overnight temperatures plunged well below zero.
PHOTO: AFP
Officers stacking ballot boxes at a warehouse of the General Election Commission in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Dec 20, ahead of Indonesia’s upcoming general election scheduled for Feb 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
