Today In Pictures, Dec 7, 2016

Earthquake in Aceh, Los Angeles beefing up security after terror threat, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Dec 07, 2016, 11:05 AM

Residents gathering outside a damaged mosque, after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the town of Pidie, in northern Sumatra, on Dec 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Women dressed with NDC (National Democratic Congress) colours having a procession inside the Accra Sports Stadium during the last NDC rally before the presidential elections, on Dec 5, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Fireworks exploding next to riot police during clashes following an anniversary rally marking the 2008 police shooting of 15-year-old student, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, in Athens, Greece, on Dec 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of Japan's Self-Defence Force's honour guard preparing for a ceremony for US Defense Secretary Ash Carter at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

The director of the Massaro shoemaking company, Mr Jean-Etienne Prach, standing amongst rows of clients' shoe lasts at the factory in Aubervilliers, near Paris, on Nov 24, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

An archeologist looking at partial skeleton remains, with skull and bones, from an ancient burial area that was excavated at a building site in Bordeaux, France, on Dec 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Blind people touching sculptures during a special exhibition for people with visual disabilities in Prague, Czech Republic, on Dec 5, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Native American dancer taking part in a "victory pow wow" to celebrate with activists and veterans who had spent time in the Oceti Sakowin camp at the Prairie Knights Casino in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Fort Yates, North Dakota, on Dec 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Riot police protecting the alleged murderer (covered) of a seven-year-old girl as protesters try to reach him, outside the clinic where the suspect is in treatment for a cocaine overdose in Bogota, on Dec 6, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Los Angeles Police Department Mounted Platoon officers riding down Hollywood Boulevard as police and deputies step up security near the Hollywood/Highland Red Line Metro train station and other stops in Los Angeles, California, on Dec 6, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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