Today in Pictures, Dec 26, 2023
Rainbow clouds seen in Italy, Palestinians mourning those killed in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Palestinians mourning their relatives, killed in an overnight Israeli strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, during a mass funeral at the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 25, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
Palestinians mourning their relatives, killed in an overnight Israeli strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, during a mass funeral at the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 25, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
Rare nacreous clouds, known as rainbow clouds, seen from Piazza San Carlo square in Turin, Italy, on Dec 22, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People walking as waves crashed on the shore in the aftermath of Storm Pia on Dec 22, 2023, which hit Denmark the day before on Dec 21 in Hammerhavn, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A Ukrainian serviceman Yura greeting his girlfriend Margarita who had not seen him in six months and was visiting him during his short break from front-line duty at the train station in Kramatorsk, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on Dec 23, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Ukrainian servicemen wearing ghillie suits during training near the front line in the Donetsk region, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on Dec 25, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Buddhist monks releasing a lantern as a part of an annual ritual of Pabbajja Samanera, a 12-day-long moral and spiritual training for prospective monks, at the Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, on Dec 23, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Worshippers of the Legio Maria of African Church Mission gathering to pray during the Christmas Eve vigil mass in a church near Ugunja, Kenya, on Dec 24, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Children enjoying a “white” Christmas at the foot of Block 702 Bedok Reservoir Road on Dec 23, 2023. A snow foam machine was used to simulate snow, and there was an inflatable pool for children to play in.
ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
Two women reciting the Quran as they visited a mass burial cemetery to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed over 200,000 people in 14 countries, with Aceh recording the highest death toll, in Banda Aceh, on Dec 26, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Employees working on a snow sculpture in Harbin, in China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province, on Dec 23, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Participants in fancy costumes jumping into the water during the 114th edition of the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) swimming race in Barcelona’s Port Vell on Dec 25, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
A woman watching artificial snow in a business area in China’s south-western Chongqing municipality on Dec 24, 2023.
PHOT: AFP
