Today in Pictures, Nov 16, 2023
Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, illuminate the night sky in Norway, a bird with a bizarre mating dance wins New Zealand’s annual avian beauty contest, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, illuminating the night sky over Mo i Rana, Norway, on Nov 15.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Australasian crested grebes, known in New Zealand by their Maori name "puteketeke", in Lake Alexandrina in New Zealand's South Island. The bird, which has a bizarre mating dance, has won New Zealand's annual avian beauty contest.
PHOTO: AFP
Palestinians surveying the damage following the early morning Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip on Nov 15, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
A Christmas tree inside the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris on Nov 15.
PHOTO: AFP
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees waiting to be transferred to a shelter in Batee beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on Nov 15. At least 147 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, landed in Indonesia's westernmost province, a day after nearly 200 others came ashore in the same area.
PHOTO: AFP
Smoke rising over northern Gaza during an Israeli military bombardment on Nov 15, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
A pro-Tibet protester sitting suspended on a flag pole at a Hyatt Regency Hotel during demonstrations at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' week in San Francisco, California, on Nov 15.
PHOTO: AFP
White-shrouded body bags representing victims in the Israel-Hamas conflict during a vigil in front of the White House on Nov 15.
PHOTO: AFP
United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walking through the garden at the end of their meetings at the Filoli estate in Woodside, California, on Nov 15.
PHOTO: NYT
An aerial view of a wetland in Yancheng, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on Nov 13.
PHOTO: AFP
