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28 December 2024 – 3 January 2025: Photos of the week

Alex
January 4, 2025
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Two people play a game of Subbuteo table football at Stephen Morton’s home in Essex, England. Morton’s home is filled with lovingly recreated settings, filled with players and fans, and an impressive lineup of football games. Every year, it opens its doors on December 29, inviting fellow enthusiasts to compete in the annual Subbuteo game.

Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Fans of Subbuteo play on handmade tables in Stephen Morton's home on December 29, 2024 in Essex, England. — Two people play a game of Subbuteo table football at Stephen Morton’s home in Essex, England. Morton’s home is filled with lovingly recreated settings, filled with players and fans, and an impressive lineup of football games. Every year, it opens its doors on December 29, inviting fellow enthusiasts to compete in the annual Subbuteo game.

Firefighters at Muan International Airport in South Korea, the site of a Jeju Air flight that crashed on December 29, killing 179 people. The Boeing 737-800, which was flying from Bangkok, was operated by South Korea’s most popular airline. Only two people survived the crash, making the plane the world’s deadliest in South Korea.

HAN MYUNG-GU/EPA Firefighters work near the wreckage of a Jeju Air plane at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, December 29, 2024. — Firefighters at Muan International Airport in South Korea, the site of a Jeju Air flight that crashed on December 29, killing 179 people. The Boeing 737-800, which was flying from Bangkok, was operated by South Korea’s most popular airline. Only two people survived the crash, making the plane the world’s deadliest in South Korea.

A young visitor walks through an ice carving street at the annual Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair in Heilongjiang, a province in the far north of China. At night these amazing buildings, magnificently built by thousands of artisans in the month of December, are lit up with colorful lights that make the ice glow.

Zhao Yuhang/China News Service/Alamy A child slides inside an ice sculpture at the 51st Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair on December 30, 2024 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. — A young visitor walks through an ice carving street at the annual Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair in Heilongjiang, a province in the far north of China. At night these amazing buildings, magnificently built by thousands of artisans in the month of December, are lit up with colorful lights that make the ice glow.

A man admires the Northern Lights in the sky above the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. A solar storm on New Year’s Day heralded this year’s spectacular display of the aurora borealis.

Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images A man, carrying a flashlight, stands next to a car - with the interior light on - to view the Northern Lights, which appear pink and green in the sky above the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia on January 2. , 2025. — A man admires the Northern Lights in the sky above the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. A solar storm on New Year’s Day heralded this year’s spectacular display of the aurora borealis.

Hilde Dosogne will complete her 366th race in 2024, in Ghent, Belgium, to support the breast cancer research group BIG. Dosogne broke the Guinness World Record in May 2024 by completing his 151st consecutive daily race.

OLIVIER MATTHYS/EP Marathon runner Hilde Dosogne, raises her arms as she finishes her 366th marathon of 2024 in Ghent, Belgium, 31 December 2024. She has white/blonde hair and is framed by the applause of the crowd at the finish line. — Hilde Dosogne will complete her 366th race in 2024, in Ghent, Belgium, to support the breast cancer research group BIG. Dosogne broke the Guinness World Record in May 2024 by completing his 151st consecutive daily race.

The world said goodbye to 2024 and welcomed 2025 in style. The event drew a lot of attention from around the world, including a couple at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia.

YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP Locals watch fireworks in Jakarta, to celebrate the new year near Ancol Beach in Indonesia, on January 1, 2025. — The world said goodbye to 2024 and welcomed 2025 in style. The event drew a lot of attention from around the world, including a couple at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Pyrotechnics lit up the night sky above the famous pyramids in Giza, Egypt – one of the seven wonders of the world.

Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu via Getty Images Fireworks light up the night sky to welcome the new year at the pyramids in Giza, Egypt - January 1, 2025. — Pyrotechnics lit up the night sky above the famous pyramids in Giza, Egypt – one of the seven wonders of the world.

Angela McClements – wearing ‘Wally’s Wally?’ clothes – join the ranks of revelers celebrating New Year’s Day with a dip in the harbor in Carnlough, Northern Ireland, during the annual swim and swim in aid of charity.

Charles McQuillan/Getty Images The woman, wearing 'Wally's Wally?' clothes and holding a straight stick, diving into the water as people stand and look at the harbor - 1 January 2025. — Angela McClements – wearing ‘Wally’s Wally?’ clothes – join the ranks of revelers celebrating New Year’s Day with a dip in the harbor in Carnlough, Northern Ireland, during the annual swim and swim in aid of charity.

Palestinians push to a site to receive food prepared by a humanitarian kitchen, amid the ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict in Khan Younis, located in the southern Gaza Strip.

Hatem Khaled/REUTERS Palestinians rush to places to receive food prepared by a charity kitchen. A man on the left is putting food in various containers that people were in the crowd. — Palestinians push to a site to receive food prepared by a humanitarian kitchen, amid the ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict in Khan Younis, located in the southern Gaza Strip.

Police in the US say they believe the explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel on New Year’s Day is unrelated to the deadly car bombings in New Orleans. The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck was killed and seven others injured in Las Vegas after the truck – filled with fuel cans and flaming mud – exploded.

Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS In a televised photo, flames shoot from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada - January 1, 2025. — Police in the US say they believe the explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel on New Year’s Day is unrelated to the deadly car bombings in New Orleans. The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck was killed and seven others injured in Las Vegas after the truck – filled with fuel cans and flaming mud – exploded.

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