Pictures of the day: December 21, 2016

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

The setting sun casts light on lower Manhattan and One World Trade Centre in New York City on December as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. PHOTO: AFP

The photo shows Pisciarelli fumaroles and mud pools from the Campi Flegrei caldera, a super volcano, near Naples. A slumbering volcano under the Italian city of Naples shows signs of "reawakening" and may be reaching a critical pressure point, according to a study published on December 20. PHOTO: AFP

A serviceman patrols on the Grand-Place (Groote Markt) on the sidelines of the "winter wonders" Christmas market, in Brussels. PHOTO: AFP

Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the Rangae district of the southern province of Narathiwat. PHOTO: AFP

A sign reading "No alcoholic beverages" is seen next to flattened houses after an explosion at the San Pablito fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, in Tultepec, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Australia sea lion licks a frozen treat underwater that contains a fish during an annual Christmas event in which animals receive special food gifts at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in Australia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Japan's ON-ART Corp's eight metre tall human-operated walking dinosaur robot 'TRX03' (C) performs with other robots at the company's studio in Tokorozawa, Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kashmiri fishermen cover their heads and part of their boats with blankets and straw as they wait to catch fish in the waters of the Anchar Lake on a cold day in Srinagar. PHOTO: REUTERS

People surround a new An-132D cargo plane during its presentation at the Antonov aircraft plant in Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: REUTERS

American big wave surfer Nic Lamb drops a wave off Praia do Norte in Nazare during the first edition of the World Surf League's Nazare Challenge. PHOTO: AFP

Indian Sikh participants perform 'Gatka' the Sikh martial art during a competition in Amritsar. Gatka, is a traditional South Asian form of combat-training, developed by Sikhs, in which wooden sticks are used to simulate swords in sparring matches, other weapons are not used for full-contact sparring, but their techniques are taught through forms training. PHOTO: AFP

An elderly woman wearing a mask closes her eyes, as she walks at a park in Beijing. Heavy smog suffocated northeast China for a fifth day, with hundreds of flights cancelled and road and rail transport grinding to a halt under the low visibility conditions. PHOTO: AFP

Candles are reflected in Christmas tree balls at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany one day after a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital. PHOTO: REUTERS