Pictures of the day: December 6, 2017

13 photos from events around the world


Multimedia Desk December 06, 2017
Alexander Yaroshenko a member of the Cryophile winter swimming club, rubs himself with snow after swimming in the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

People sit together next to a camel at the look-out point of Mount Olives opposite to the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: REUTERS People sit together next to a camel at the look-out point of Mount Olives opposite to the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: REUTERS

Alexander Yaroshenko a member of the Cryophile winter swimming club, rubs himself with snow after swimming in the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS Alexander Yaroshenko a member of the Cryophile winter swimming club, rubs himself with snow after swimming in the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

The supermoon sets over the church of Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion at dawn in Olvera, near Cadiz, southern Spain. PHOTO: REUTERS The supermoon sets over the church of Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion at dawn in Olvera, near Cadiz, southern Spain. PHOTO: REUTERS

People wash clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra on a foggy winter morning in Guwahati, India. PHOTO: REUTERS People wash clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra on a foggy winter morning in Guwahati, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man dressed as Santa Claus gives sweets to children in Mayrhofen. PHOTO: REUTERS A man dressed as Santa Claus gives sweets to children in Mayrhofen. PHOTO: REUTERS

Pigeons fly in front of the Christmas lights on the facade of House of Fraser department store on Oxford Street in London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS Pigeons fly in front of the Christmas lights on the facade of House of Fraser department store on Oxford Street in London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man looks at the vandalised sculpture of Argentinian football player Lionel Messi, at the A man looks at the vandalised sculpture of Argentinian football player Lionel Messi, at the "walk of fame" in Buenos Aires. PHOTO: AFP

A Rohingya Muslim refugee child cries as she sits in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. PHOTO: AFP A Rohingya Muslim refugee child cries as she sits in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. PHOTO: AFP

A A "supermoon" rises over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. PHOTO: AFP

Balinese Hindu villages attend a ceremony to pray for the Mount Agung volcano to stop erupting at a temple at Kubu sub-district in Karangasem Regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. PHOTO: AFP Balinese Hindu villages attend a ceremony to pray for the Mount Agung volcano to stop erupting at a temple at Kubu sub-district in Karangasem Regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. PHOTO: AFP

Amateurs and professionals take the start in the Nautic Sup Paris crossing stand up paddle race along the Seine River in Paris. PHOTO: AFP Amateurs and professionals take the start in the Nautic Sup Paris crossing stand up paddle race along the Seine River in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

A man, disguised as Santa Claus, flies in a microlight near Sieversdorf, eastern Germany. PHOTO: AFP A man, disguised as Santa Claus, flies in a microlight near Sieversdorf, eastern Germany. PHOTO: AFP

Members of the Spanish Members of the Spanish "Cordoba Ecuestre" group perform in an equestrian show with Andalusian horses at the Papp Laszlo Arena in Budapest, ahead of the start of the FEI World Cup Driving series. PHOTO: AFP

A Poland Bantam Chamois female chicken is seen on display at the 45th National Championship Poultry Show, hosted by 'The Poultry Club of Great Britain' and held at The International Centre in Telford, Shropshire. PHOTO: AFP A Poland Bantam Chamois female chicken is seen on display at the 45th National Championship Poultry Show, hosted by 'The Poultry Club of Great Britain' and held at The International Centre in Telford, Shropshire. PHOTO: AFP

This combination of pictures created shows Rohingya children holding objects they use as toys to play with in refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar. PHOTO: AFP This combination of pictures created shows Rohingya children holding objects they use as toys to play with in refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar. PHOTO: AFP

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