Day in Photos: Flooded Florida, Argentina Plane Crash, Concert at the Royal PalaceDay in Photos: Flooded Florida, Argentina Plane Crash, Concert at the Royal Palace
An aerial view of tow trucks on a flooded residential neighborhood street after heavy rain in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 18, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Flooded Florida, Argentina Plane Crash, Concert at the Royal Palace

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A picture of Donald Trump is displayed as traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York on Dec. 18, 2024. The Dow was up almost 200 points in morning trading before the Federal Reserve holds its meeting today on interest rates. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Members of the New Zealand Fire Service board a Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules C130 H for a flight to Vanuatu, in Auckland, New Zealand, on Dec. 18, 2024, following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck just off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, on Dec. 17. SGT Maria Eves/New Zealand Defence Force via AP
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Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, stands in front of a gate of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the Israeli communities ravaged during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as she visits Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, on Dec. 18, 2024. Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
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Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) (2nd from left), President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) walks through the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Dec. 18, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Employees and CGT unionists from the “Fonderie de Bretagne” foundry, a subsidiary of French car maker Renault group, gather by a bonfire outside the factory in Caudan, France, on Dec. 18, 2024. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images
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Palestinian children help push a car as people evacuate from their homes with their belongings, after received evacuation orders from the Israeli military, at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 18, 2024. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images
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France's President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky pose before a meeting in Brussels on Dec. 18, 2024. Nicolas Tucat/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Waves crash into the harbor wall and lighthouse in Newhaven, England, on Dec. 18, 2024. The Met Office, the UK's national weather and climate service, forecast gales across parts of England and Wales today. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A woman holds her child while sheltering with an umbrella from the sun as she waits to vote for the elections of the Bulengo Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDP) representatives in Bulengo, outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Dec. 18, 2024. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
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An Afghan shopkeeper rests as he waits for customers, on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province on Dec. 18, 2024. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images
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A firefighter inspects the wreckage of a Challenger 300 aircraft that crashed upon landing in the town of San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on Dec. 18, 2024. The pilot and co-pilot died after the private plane crashed during landing and caught fire near the airport of San Fernando. No other injuries were reported. Juan Mabromata/AFP via Getty Images
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Joerg Urban (C), candidate of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, arrives at Saxony's state parliament in Dresden, Germany, on Dec. 18, 2024, prior to the election of a new State Premier for the eastern federal state. Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images
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A view of the Mediano reservoir, with the Church of Asuncion of Mediano visible due to the low water-level, in Mediano, Huesca province, on Dec. 18, 2024. Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images
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A casket and tributes are seen before the state funeral service for Neale Fraser AO MBE at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 18, 2024. Neale Fraser passed away on December 2 aged 91. Fraser was an Australian tennis player who won singles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open, and doubles titles at all four Grand Slams. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey looks at destroyed Russian military vehicles on St. Michael's Square, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 18, 2024. Stefan Rousseau-WPA Pool/Getty Images
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A Syrian Air aircraft arriving from Damascus is welcomed with water canons upon landing at the airport of the northern city of Aleppo on Dec. 18, 2024. The first flight since the ouster of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad took off on December 18, from Damascus airport to Aleppo, AFP journalists saw, with thirty-two people including journalists on board. Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images
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Youth play football at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Padang Tiji, Indonesia's Aceh province, during International Migrants Day on Dec. 18, 2024. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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A general view of Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, on Dec. 18, 2024. A report from Scotland's auditor general has called into question the management of the publicly-owned Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (FMPG) shipyard, which has yet to secure contracts beyond the delivery of the MV Glen Rosa, a car and passenger ferry due to be completed in September 2025. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as he hosts a meeting of Indian investors and CEOs at 10 Downing Street in London on Dec. 18, 2024. Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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A fur seal stands on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 18, 2024. Buda Mendes/Getty Images
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U.S. soldiers stand next to surface-to-air missile launchers of the Patriot (Wisla) system of 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron from the 3rd Warsaw Air Defense Missile Brigade stand during a demonstration training of the IOC Initial Operational Capability of the anti-aircraft and anti-missile system and its integration into a IBCS command system, Sochaczew, Poland, on Dec. 18, 2024. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
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People take selfies in front of a Tabebuia rosea tree at Cubbon park in Bengaluru, India, on Dec. 18, 2024. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
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Musicians perform during the yearly Christmas Concert at the Royal Palace in Brussels on Dec. 18, 2024. Hatim Kaghat/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
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South African aquarist Mthobisi Mlambo dressed as Santa Claus feeds a Thorntail stingray during a show at Africa's largest marine park, the South African Marine Biological Research (SAMBR) Sea World based at the uShaka Marine World, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 18, 2024. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images