Day in Photos: Terrorist Attack in Germany, Winter Solstice at Stonehenge, and Balloon FestivalDay in Photos: Terrorist Attack in Germany, Winter Solstice at Stonehenge, and Balloon Festival
A a general view of the shuttered Christmas market the day after a terror attack that left five people dead, including a small child, and more than 200 injured in Magdeburg, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2024. Omer Messinger/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Terrorist Attack in Germany, Winter Solstice at Stonehenge, and Balloon Festival

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France's President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, in Addis Ababa, on Dec. 21, 2024. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
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Newly elected members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament take part in the swearing-in ceremony in Bucharest, Romania, on Dec. 21, 2024. Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images
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People sled with their dog on the Boston Common following a snowstorm in Boston on Dec. 21, 2024. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
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A damaged car is crushed under a vehicle following a traffic accident after a packed bus collided with a truck, at the Fernao Dias national highway, near Teofilo Otoni, Brazil, on Dec. 21, 2024. Belo Horizonte Military Fire Department/­Handout via Reuters
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Protesters demonstrate at an entrance to Harrods in London on Dec. 21, 2024. Peter Nicholls/Getty Images
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Gorillas open their Christmas gifts at the Bioparc zoo in Fuengirola, Spain, on Dec. 21, 2024. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images
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This photograph shows a stranded boat of French gendarmerie on the coast of Pamandzi on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago on Dec. 21, 2024. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
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Supporters of President Yoon participate in a rally in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 21, 2024. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
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Rebel fighters clear mines in a field in the town of Saraqib, Syria, on Dec. 21, 2024. Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images
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A man runs as the city's skyline is seen at dusk in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 21, 2024. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
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Israeli army Humvees move in the U.N.-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli Golan Heights, on Dec. 21, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
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A view shows a damaged multi-story residential building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack, in Kazan, Russia, on Dec. 21, 2024. Reuters/Stringer
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(L to R), Santa Claus, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, PM Giorgia Meloni of Italy, PM Petteri Orpo of Finland, PM Ulf Kristersson of Sweden, and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece pose for a family photo at the North-South Summit in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland, on Dec. 21, 2024. Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
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Visitors celebrate the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, on Dec. 21, 2024. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
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A woman takes part in a Senior Deadlift Competition in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 21, 2024. Chui Kwan Ho/AFP via Getty Images
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People walk in front of Castel Sant'Angelo, during the inauguration of the restoration of the statues of Ponte Sant'Angelo, a few days before the start of the Jubilee, in central Rome, Italy, on Dec. 21, 2024. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images
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People light candles on the staircase of the building of the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University to pay respect of victims of the mass shooting during one-year anniversary of shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, on Dec. 21, 2024. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images
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Soldiers' uniforms hang on empty chairs next to a symbolic Christmas table set with traditional dishes as people attend a rally in support of prisoners of war and missing soldiers in Lviv, Ukraine, on Dec. 21, 2024. Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images
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Staff and volunteers from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital nudge “Harlow,” a rehabilitated sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, back to the Atlantic Ocean in Marathon, Fla., on Dec. 21, 2024. Mike Zimmer/Florida Keys News Bureau/AFP via Getty Images
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Hot air balloons rise in the sky during the Qatar Hot Air Balloon Festival in the Sealine desert on Dec. 21, 2024. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images
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Diver Felipe Luna, dressed as Santa Claus, greets visitors from inside a tank at the AquaRio Marine Aquarium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 21, 2024. Buda Mendes/Getty Images