Dec. 5 Daily Brief: Soldiers patrol Bangui, giant Christmas ball in France, smokey basketball court
Soldiers patrol the streets of Bangui, people walk by a giant Christmas ball in France, an arena in Mexico is evacuated after a transformer burns and spreads smoke, and more in today’s daily brief.
- A young protester with the EU flag painted on his face attends rally of the opposition in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Ukraine’s prime minister warned the opposition to end mass protests over a rejected deal with the EU, saying the reasons for demonstrating were now exhausted and protestors could be held criminally responsible. (YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP/Getty Images)
- Snow falls leading to the cancellation of the men’s downhill training at the FIS Ski World Cup in Beaver Creek, Colo. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)
- Dancers perform during the “My Dream Gala Performance” presented by China Disabled Peoples Performing Art Troupe at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania in Tirana. (GENT SHKULLAKU / AFP/Getty Images)
- Israel Electric, the main supplier of electrical power in Israel, creates an interpretation of a Menorah using cranes, as they try to create the world’s largest Menorah to celebrate Hannukah in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ / AFP/Getty Images)
- An England fan walks in front of the famous Adelaide Oval scoreboard on the first day of the second Ashes Test cricket match between Australia and England in Adelaide. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP/Getty Images)
- Aerial view of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Hill and the Mario Filho (Maracana) stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP/Getty Images)
- Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (center) challenges Evian TG’s Senegalese forward Modou Sougou (right) during the French L1 football match between Evian Thonon-Gaillard and Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Sports stadium in Annecy, eastern France. (JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP/Getty Images)
- Everton forward Romelu Lukaku (center) celebrates after supplying the pass for midfielder Bryan Oviedo to score the opening goal during the English Premier League football match against Manchester United. (ANDREW YATES / AFP/Getty Images)
- The Arena Ciudad de Mexico was evacuated before the Minnesota Timberwolves-San Antonio Spurs NBA game after a transformer burned and spread smoke on the court. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP/Getty Images)
- Soldiers patrol a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital amid communal tensions. (SIA KAMBOU / AFP/Getty Images
- Yemenis look on as smoke rises from the site of a suicide car bombing at the defense ministry in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP/Getty Images)
- A NASA image shows two black holes entwined in a gravitational tango in this artist’s conception. Supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies are thought to form through the merging of smaller, yet still massive black holes, such as the ones depicted here. (HANDOUT / AFP/Getty Images)
- The British military cemetery of Bayeux, northwestern France, features over 4,100 tombstones of the British military. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP/Getty Images)
- Wearing his spacesuit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev takes part in a pre-flight underwater training session in a pool at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’ Training Centre in Star City centre outside Moscow. (AFP/Getty Images)
- People walk by a giant christmas ball displayed in Nice, southeastern France. (VALERY HACHE / AFP/Getty Images)
- Pope Francis is about to hug a young girl during his general audience in St Peter’s square at the Vatican. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP/Getty Images)