Dec. 25 Photo Brief: South Sudan conflict continues, Christmas worldwide
The crisis in South Sudan continues, severe weather strikes Western Europe, survivors of typhoon Haiyan observe Christmas and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A family enjoys a Christmas Day swim at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 25, 2013. Australian families and tourists visited the beach to celebrate Christmas festivities. (Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A young person runs in front of a giant wave, on December 25, 2013 in Nice, southeastern France. Gale-force winds and pounding rain Tuesday lashed Britain and France, killing at least five people, disrupting Christmas travel and leaving tens of thousands without power. (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A South Sudanese girl living in the North reacts during Christmas celebrations at a Catholic church in the Umbada locality of Omdurman, December 25, 2013. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters)
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- A South Sudan army soldier holds his weapon in Bor, 108 miles northwest from Juba, December 25, 2013. South Sudanese troops have retaken the flashpoint town of Bor in Jonglei state, a week after the town fell to rebels loyal to rebel leader Riek Machar. (James Akena/Reuters)
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- Cardinal Timothy Dolan prays at midnight Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Christmas Day in New York, December 25, 2013. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
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- A couple participates in a kissing competition to celebrate Christmas in Wuhan, Hubei province. The competition required the attendants to kiss in different postures for a prize worth 15,000 Yuan ($2,470), local media reported. Picture taken December 24, 2013. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- A U.S. soldier takes part in the Christmas 5-kilometer race at the U.S. Transit Center of Manas, Kyrgyzstan on December 25, 2013. (Vyacheslav Oseled/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A member of a Christian self-defense militia, called the anti-balaka, poses for a picture in the capital Bangui, December 25, 2013. The interim president of Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, said peace is returning to most Bangui districts and asked displaced people to return to their homes. (Andreea Campeanu/Reuters)
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- Christian worshippers attend a Christmas prayer in Surabaya, Indonesia on December 25, 2013. Indonesian Christians celebrated Christmas amid a warning on December 12 from Indonesian police that Islamic extremists may be planning to target worshippers during Christmas and New Years celebrations in the capital Jakarta and other parts of the country. (Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Mourners bury the body of three-year-old Hala Abu Sabakha during her funeral in the central of Gaza Strip, on December 25, 2013. Sabikha was killed, and at least six other people were wounded, in a series of Israeli air and tank strikes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources said. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A couple take a photo in front of a statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at a park in Shaoshan, in China’s central province of Hunan on December 25, 2013. Thousands of admirers of Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong flocked to his home town on December 25 to bow before his graven image — including one statue of solid gold — before the 120th anniversary of his birth. (Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A foreign volunteer dressed as Santa Claus distributes goodies during Christmas to child survivors of the super Typhoon Haiyan in the streets of Tacloban city, Leyte province, on December 25, 2013. Survivors of the Philippines’ deadliest typhoon spent a Christmas Day surrounded by mud December 25 as heavy rain drove many inside their flimsy shelters, dampening efforts to retain some holiday cheer in the deeply devout nation. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Survivors of super Typhoon Haiyan brave the rain as they walk along the streets to ask gifts from residents in Tacloban city, Leyte province, on December 25, 2013. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Spectators watch the fourth One Day International cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on December 25, 2013. (Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A cadet from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is silhouetted against the morning sun during the guard mounting ceremony at the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, December 25, 2013. A contingent of Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) cadets mounted the guard at the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah to mark his 137th birth anniversary. Jinnah is generally regarded as the founder of Pakistan. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
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- A child celebrates Christmas in Ambohibary, Madagascar on a roundabout on December 25, 2013, days after Madagsacar went to the polls to vote in a presidential election. Observers certified Madagascar’s runoff presidential polls as free, credible and democratic on Sunday, urging bickering candidates to stay calm as counting continued after the vote to restore democracy. (Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Father Christmas walks in the dusty street of Ambohibary, Madgascar (150 kilometers from the capital Antananarivo), greeting children on December 25, 2013. (Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A protester holds a picture of journalist Tetyana Chornovil, who was beaten and left in a ditch just hours after publishing an article on the assets of top government officials, during a protest rally in front of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, December 25, 2013. Chornovil, a prominent activist who has given speeches at recent anti-government protests, told police her car was stopped by a vehicle just after midnight. A group of unidentified men got out and broke the rear window of her car. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- A Hawaiian Santa ornament sits atop a Christmas tree being decorated by Staci Kennedy, of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii December 25, 2013. Kennedy and her friends have been taking part in this Christmas day festivity for 16 years. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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