Week in pictures 21 December 2024
BUENOS AIRES: A drone view shows the site of the wreckage of a Challenger 300 aircraft that crashed near the San Fernando airport, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, December 18 (REUTERS/Miguel Lo Bianco)
VAL GARDENA: Kyle Negomir of the U.S. trains during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy, on Tuesday, December 17 (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
NEW YORK: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, arrives at a helicopter pad after being extradited from Pennsylvania, in New York, on Thursday, December 19 (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
MAYOTTE: A helicopter from the French Gendarmerie flies over the Longoni village in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, Mayotte, France, on Thursday, December 19 (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes)
RIO DE JANEIRO: Firefighter Thiago Paiva, dressed as Santa Claus, rides on a jet ski during Christmas season celebrations in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, December 17 (REUTERS/Pilar Olivares)
AVIGNONE: Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, the victim of an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, reacts as she leaves after the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, on Thursday, December 19 (REUTERS/Manon Cruz)
NAJHA: A drone view shows the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in Najha, Syria, on Tuesday, December 17 (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
CIUDAD JUAREZ: Jose Daniel, a Venezuelan migrant seeking asylum in the United States, walks with crutches near the Rio Bravo river, after rumours spread that migrants would be allowed to enter the United States, according to local media, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 18 (REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez)
TIRANA: A drone view of the Christmas market in Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, on Wednesday, December 18 (REUTERS/Florion Goga)
AJACCIO: An elderly woman holds a placard reading 'Welcome - 108 years old, The oldest of Ajaccio' as she welcomes Pope Francis at Baptistere Saint-Jean during his apostolic journey in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, on Sunday, December 15 (REUTERS/Remo Casilli)