The world in pictures | The Press

Here is a selection of the best photos from international news from Friday December 27.


Published yesterday at 7:50 p.m.

PHOTO ZOHRA BENSEMRA, REUTERS

A Syrian family travels by motorbike to the center of Daraa to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

PHOTO MICHAEL PROBST, ASSOCIATED PRESS

A thick fog, worthy of a horror novel, covered the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to the point that only a few skyscrapers managed to keep their peaks apart from the ghostly mass.

PHOTO HENRY NICHOLLS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

Fog also reduced visibility in London, where a passerby was reflected in the central railing of the Millennium Bridge, a pedestrian bridge that spans the Thames.

PHOTO DAR YASIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

A touk-tuk braves the snow on a road near Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. Let’s bet that the machine is not equipped with winter tires…

PHOTO MARTIN MEJIA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

A group of shamans gathered atop San Cristóbal de Santiago Hill in Lima, Peru, to make predictions for the coming year. During the ritual, one of the participants blew a cloud of smoke at a portrait of Donald Trump.

PHOTO BY HAN GUAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Workers erect scaffolding to be used as installations for New Year festivities in Beijing, China.

PHOTO PRAKASH MATTHEMA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

A colorful hot air balloon flies lazily across the Nepalese sky as the Pokhara International Hot Air Balloon Festival is in full swing. Around ten countries are represented for this edition, which ends on January 2.


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