Today in Pictures, Dec 30, 2022
Panda keepers hold panda cubs while posing for photos ahead of the new year in Chengdu, China, a statue erected in honour of Brazil’s football legend Pele in his hometown of Tres Coracoes, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Panda keepers hold cubs while posing for photos ahead of the new year at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China's southwestern Sichuan province on December 29, 2022. PHOTO : AFP
Picture of a statue in honour of Brazil's football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento 'Pele' lifted in his hometown Tres Coracoes, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pele, 82, is battling worsening cancer as well as kidney and heart problems passed away early morning on 30 Dec. PHOTO : AFP
Memprial crosses are seen on the new graves at a cemetery in the southern city of Kherson, Ukraine. PHOTO : AFP
Folk performers take part in the opening ceremony of the annual Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Festival in Songyuan, in northeast China's Jilin province. PHOTO : AFP
Museum goers stand amid a light installation of five spherical balls by 1959-born German artist Mischa Kuball called "Five planets, 2015" at Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. PHOTO : REUTERS
A boy pushes his bicycle along a street during snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 29, 2022. PHOTO : AFP
A portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is seen near the altar at the Cathedral of Regensburg, southern Germany on December 29, 2022, during a church service. Former pope Benedict XVI who's 95, remains in a serious but stable condition. PHOTO : AFP
A performer on stage during a media preview of Slava's Snowshow at the Arts Centre Melbourne Playhouse in Melbourne, Australia on 29 December 2022. PHOTO : EPA-EFE
A young Sikh devotee takes a bath in the holy Sarovar (pool) on the occasion of the birth anniversary celebrations of the tenth Guru of the Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 29, 2022. PHOTO : AFP
Riot police confront supporters of Luis Fernando Camacho, a key opposition figure and governor of the economic powerhouse Santa Cruz region, following his arrest, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. PHOTO : AFP
A person walks by homes covered in ice at the waterfront community of Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, following a massive snow storm that knocked out power in the area to thousands of residents. PHOTO : AFP

