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Our world in photos: December 22

December 22, 2023 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

FRANCE — ‘I’m a winner… because I don’t have to find a parking place in NYC’: Slovakia's Petra Vlhova celebrates after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Courchevel, France, Thursday, Dec. 21 2023.Photo: Giovanni Auletta/AP

FRANCE — ‘I’m a winner… because I don’t have to find a parking place in NYC’: Slovakia's Petra Vlhova celebrates after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Courchevel, France, Thursday, Dec. 21 2023.
Photo: Giovanni Auletta/AP

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<b>BELGIUM — Flags of peace flown by cultural institutions:</b> A woman rides her bike in the rain as five white flags flap in the wind over the roof of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. More than 50 museums and art institutes in Belgium and the Netherlands displayed White Flag With Watermark, a peace flag designed by the art collective Schscht - Koosje Schmeddes and Dirk Schellekens.<br>Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP — BELGIUM — Flags of peace flown by cultural institutions: A woman rides her bike in the rain as five white flags flap in the wind over the roof of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. More than 50 museums and art institutes in Belgium and the Netherlands displayed White Flag With Watermark, a peace flag designed by the art collective Schscht — Koosje Schmeddes and Dirk Schellekens.
Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP

<b>BEIJING — Steam makes a bigger impact in cold weather:</b> A cyclist rides through the steam leak of the water heating network in Dongcheng district during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Temperatures have plunged across northern China, with a cold front moving eastward from Xinjiang in the west.<br>Photo: Andy Wong/AP — BEIJING — Steam makes a bigger impact in cold weather: A cyclist rides through the steam leak of the water heating network in Dongcheng district during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Temperatures have plunged across northern China, with a cold front moving eastward from Xinjiang in the west.
Photo: Andy Wong/AP

<b>MADRID — Here’s one concrete source of hope — a Christmas lottery:</b> A worker supervises the moment when lottery balls are filled into a drum before the draw at Madrid's Teatro Real opera house during Spain's bumper Christmas lottery draw known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.<br>Photo: Paul White/AP — MADRID — Here’s one concrete source of hope — a Christmas lottery: A worker supervises the moment when lottery balls are filled into a drum before the draw at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house during Spain’s bumper Christmas lottery draw known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.
Photo: Paul White/AP

<b>MILWAUKEE — ‘Don’t touch me that way!’:</b> Orlando Magic's Jonathan Isaac fouls Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 118-114.<br>Photo: Morry Gash/AP — MILWAUKEE — ‘Don’t touch me that way!’: Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac fouls Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 118-114.
Photo: Morry Gash/AP

<b>VATICAN — Children summoned to help Pope celebrate birthday:</b> Pope Francis is greeted by children as he celebrates his birthday with children assisted by the Santa Marta dispensary during an audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Pope Francis turns 87 on Dec. 17.<br>Photo: Alessandra Tarantino/AP — VATICAN — Children summoned to help Pope celebrate birthday: Pope Francis is greeted by children as he celebrates his birthday with children assisted by the Santa Marta dispensary during an audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Pope Francis turns 87 on Dec. 17.
Photo: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

<b>MOSCOW — Joyful swinging at Christmas for Russians who aren’t sent to fight in Ukraine:</b> Children and their parents ride a carousel at a Christmas Market set up in Red Square decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities with the Spasskaya Tower in the background in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023.<br>Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP — MOSCOW — Joyful swinging at Christmas for Russians who aren’t sent to fight in Ukraine: Children and their parents ride a carousel at a Christmas Market set up in Red Square decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities with the Spasskaya Tower in the background in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023.
Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

<b>CONGO — Snapshots of democracy at work around the world:</b> Voters queue outside a polling station during the presidential elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Congo headed to the polls Wednesday to vote for president as authorities scrambled to finalize preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges.<br>Photo: Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP — CONGO — Snapshots of democracy at work around the world: Voters queue outside a polling station during the presidential elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Congo headed to the polls Wednesday to vote for president as authorities scrambled to finalize preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges.
Photo: Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP

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