Day in Photos: Cyclone Chido, Pelicot Verdict, and Santa Visits HospitalDay in Photos: Cyclone Chido, Pelicot Verdict, and Santa Visits Hospital
A young girl walks in the Kaweni slum on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, on Dec. 19, 2024, after Cyclone Chido. Adrienne Surprenant/AP Photo

Day in Photos: Cyclone Chido, Pelicot Verdict, and Santa Visits Hospital

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Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police in New York on Dec. 19, 2024. Pamela Smith/AP Photo
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (2L) reviews the NATO multinational battle group on the territory of Bulgaria during his visit at the Novo Selo military ground near Mokren, northwestern Bulgaria, on Dec. 19, 2024. Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty Images
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Emergency responders inspect damage of a school in the city after a rocket strike, allegedly fired from Yemen, in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Dec. 19, 2024. Amir Levy/Getty Images
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A person passes by the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, on Dec. 19, 2024. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
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Syrian Army military vessels are seen destroyed after recent Israeli strikes on the Latakia port in Latakia, Syria, on Dec. 19, 2024. Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) (2nd L) is pursued by reporters following a news conference in the House Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 19, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Smoke rises from a burning taxi vehicle as firefighters work to extinguish a fire, in Pristina, Kosovo, on Dec. 19, 2024. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
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Gisele Pelicot addresses the press as she leaves the courthouse after hearing the verdict of the court that sentenced her ex-husband to the maximum term of 20 years in jail for committing and orchestrating her mass rapes with dozens of strangers he recruited online, in Avignon, France, on Dec. 19, 2024. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images
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Divers dressed as Santa Claus prepare to enter a tank to feed various species of fish during a show at Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 19, 2024. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images
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The sun rises over President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 19, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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Skiers sit on a chairlift to go to the ski slope in Selva di Val Gardena, in the middle of the Dolomites Alps, near Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, on Dec. 19, 2024. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen (R) signs a document to name the new Styrian Governor Mario Kunasek in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 19, 2024. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman plays an accordion while guarded by her dog wearing reindeer's horns, as they collect donations at the Mariahilfer street in the Austrian capital of Vienna, on Dec. 19, 2024. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
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Firefighters extinguish a fire at a karaoke bar in Hanoi, Vietnam on Dec. 19, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Council President Antonio Costa speak to the press prior to the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 19, 2024. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
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Afghan residents inspect the accident site as they stand near the remains of a bus following its collision with a coal truck on a highway between Kabul and southern Kandahar city, in the Andar district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 19, 2024. Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP via Getty Images
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British Defence Secretary John Healey has Christmas lunch with British personnel during a visit to Tapa military base, where some 900 British troops are deployed this Christmas, defending Nato's eastern flank in Tapa, Estonia, on Dec. 19, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/Getty Images
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Akhmad Kurbanov, an Uzbek citizen suspected in the killing of the head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division, Igor Kirillov, is escorted inside the Basmanny District Court prior to his pre-trial detention hearing in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 19, 2024. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images
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This photograph shows some of the over 1,000 stolen ancient coins that Greece returned to Turkey in the first repatriation of its kind between the historic rivals and neighbors, at the Numismatic Museum in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 19, 2024. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images
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Amazon Teamsters union workers picket outside an Amazon distribution center in San Francisco, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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A man rests on the banks of river Ganges at Bundiparkota Ghat on a cold winter morning in Varanasi, India, on Dec. 19, 2024. Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images
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Family react during a funeral ceremony of Mario Jn Louis, a police officer killed by armed gangs during an operation at Solino on Dec. 6, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Dec. 19, 2024. Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty Images
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Dressed as Santa Claus, city worker Aristoteles de Queiroz gives a gift to a patient at Souza Aguiar Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 19, 2024. Buda Mendes/Getty Images
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People visit a Christmas fair as an illuminated panoramic wheel is seen in front of the skyline with buildings of the banking district, in central Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Dec. 19, 2024. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images