Pictures of the day: December 21, 2016

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
Multimedia Desk | December 21, 2016

People enjoy skating at the open air Christmas ice rink on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower after its reopening in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

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
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