Here is a selection of the best photos from international news from Sunday December 15.
Published yesterday at 8:45 p.m.
PHOTO PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA, AGENCE France-PRESSE
While passing through Corsica, Pope Francis stops to bless several people, including the dean of Ajaccio, Jeanne Mari, aged 108. The Argentine pope is the first pontiff to set foot on the French Mediterranean island.
PHOTO ROMAIN PERROCHEAU, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The new Miss France 2025, Angélique Angarni-Filopon, celebrates her victory at the Arena Futuroscope in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, in the center-west of the country. Her triumph comes at a time when beauty pageants are the subject of increasing criticism around the world.
PHOTO MAJA SMIEJKOWSKA, REUTERS
Members of the BikeStormz community, whose objective is to bring together young people from poor neighborhoods, demonstrate against the stabbing attacks on London Bridge, in the center of the British capital. According to official figures, knife crime has increased by 80% since 2015 in the United Kingdom.
PHOTO ADITYA AJI, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Volunteers carry meal boxes through the flooded streets of the Muara Angke district of Jakarta, Indonesia, where flooding is common during high tides.
PHOTO RAJESH JANTILAL, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
An Amabutho (Zulu warrior) takes part in celebrations for the first anniversary of the uMkhonto We Sizwe Party (MKP) at Moses-Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa.
PHOTO FELIPE IRUATA, REUTERS
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leaves the Sirio-Libanes hospital in São Paulo, where he underwent emergency surgery last Tuesday for an intracranial hemorrhage near the brain. “I am here alive, in good health, with the desire to work,” declared the 79-year-old president, wearing a hat hiding the scars from the intervention.
PHOTO VALDRIN XHEMAJ, REUTERS
A crowd of young people dressed as Santa Claus take part in a charity run in Pristina, Kosovo.
PHOTO ARIANA CUBILLOS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Also in the holiday spirit, participants run through moss during a Santa Run event in Caracas, Venezuela.
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