Today in Pictures, Dec 26, 2024
People commemorate the 20th anniversary of the tsunami in Banda Aceh, a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Ms Aisha Rana Zhafirah shedding tears as she visits the Ulee Lheue mass grave in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec 26. The site is the final resting place for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People dining at an oceanfront cafeteria in Banda Aceh on Dec 25, 2024, built on the site of homes destroyed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. On Dec 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude quake off Sumatra triggered a devastating tsunami, killing over 220,000 people.
PHOTO: AFP
The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Dec 25, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Civil defence members extinguishing a fire in a broadcast van after an Israeli strike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Al-Youm TV channel, according to the Gaza health authorities, near Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza, on Dec 26, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People inspecting a damaged vehicle at the site of an Israeli bombardment on Palestinians sheltering at a camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Dec 25, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
AFP
A collapsed pier at the Santa Cruz Wharf in California, on Dec 23, 2024, after it broke free and floated into the ocean during a powerful storm. Lifeguards rescued two people, according to firefighters.
PHOTO: AFP
The rising sun as seen from Mount Qasioun as thick fog covers Damascus, Syria, on Dec 25, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Ukrainians singing Christmas carols and carrying decorated stars of Bethlehem in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec 25, 2024, as they celebrate Christmas amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Revellers in Singapore celebrating in front of a 14m-tall Christmas tree at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza on Dec 24, 2024, during the Great Christmas Eve Street Party, which stretched 400m from ION Orchard to Ngee Ann City.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
A person dressed as Santa Claus jumping into the sea during the Christmas Cup swimming race in Barcelona, Spain, Dec 25, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
