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Our world in photos: December 6

December 6, 2022 Michaela Keil
VENEZUELA — The Nutcracker: Ballet dancers practiced in preparation for the annual presentation of the Nutcracker at Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, on Monday. Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP
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QATAR — Boating: Men stood on a boat at Katara Beach in Doha, on Monday.
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

 

KANSAS — Christmas lights: People were silhouetted against Christmas lights reflected off a pond as they visited a park, on Sunday, in Lenexa.
Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP

 

GERMANY — Christmas market: A Ferris wheel on Karlsruhe’s market square made its rounds as part of the Christmas market in Karlsruhe, on Monday. In the foreground is a monument to Grand Duke Karl-Friedrich of Baden.
Photo: Uli Deck/dpa via AP

 

INDIA — Wheat crop: An Indian farmer thrashed wheat crop after harvest early morning near the India-Pakistan border area of Ranbir Singh Pura, about 22 miles south of Jammu, on Monday.
Photo: Channi Anand/AP

 

QATAR — Celebratory climb: Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq climbed on the crossbar as he celebrated his team’s victory during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, on Tuesday.
Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

 

BRAZIL — Pele: Seen from above, an image of soccer star Pele made from plastic ribbons decorated a street, amid other soccer related symbols, in the Morro da Liberdade neighborhood of Manaus in Amazonas state, early on Monday. The 82-year-old Pelé is in a hospital in Sao Paulo, recovering from a respiratory infection that was aggravated by COVID-19.
Photo: Edmar Barros/AP

 

CUBA — Boxing: Ydamelys Moreno, right, watched as fellow female boxers trained in Havana, on Monday. Cuban officials announced on Monday that women boxers would be able to compete for the first time ever.
Photo: Ramon Espinosa/AP

 

COLORADO — Super-G: United States’ River Radamus competed during a men’s World Cup super-G skiing race on Sunday, in Beaver Creek.
Photo: John Locher/AP

 

BOLIVIA — Graduation: Anacleta Mamani Quispe, 71, posed for a photo after receiving her certificate during an adult literacy graduation ceremony in Pucarani, on Sunday. Mamami is among more than 20,000 senior citizens, mainly women from low-income rural communities, who have learned to read and write this year as part of “Bolivia Reads,” a government-sponsored literacy program.
Photo: Juan Karita/AP

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rally: People on both sides of the debate rally outside the Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court is hearing the case of a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, that’s the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court.
Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP

 

SPAIN — Beach walk: A man walked along the shore of an Atlantic Ocean beach next to the town of Zahara de los Atunes in southwestern Andalusia, on Tuesday.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP




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