Berlin, Germany
A giant menorah is placed in front of Brandenburg Gate for the Jewish holiday of Hanukah
Photograph: Michele Tantussi/Reuters
The gate was located in the Soviet occupation zone, directly next to the border to the British occupation zone, which later became the border between East and West Berlin. Vehicles and pedestrians could travel freely through the gate until the day after construction began on the Berlin Wall on Barbed Wire Sunday, 13 August 1961, The wall passed directly by the western side of the gate, which was closed throughout the Berlin Wall period, which ended on 22 December 1989.
Albatrosses, some of the world’s most loyally monogamous creatures, are “divorcing” more often – and researchers say global heating may be to blame. In a new Royal Society study, researchers say climate change and warming waters are pushing black-browed albatross break-up rates higher. Typically after choosing a partner, only 1-3% would separate in search of greener romantic pastures.
Nampo, North Korea
A carer tends to orphans including a set of triplets in an orphanage in the western seaport of Nampo. Orphanages also house children whose parents have temporarily relocated for work so not all the children are orphans in the western sense of the word. Photograph: Fabian Muir/Courtesy of the Head On Photo Festival.
Malala Yousafzai graduated from Oxford University with a philosophy, politics and economics degree on Friday, nine years after being shot by the Taliban as she campaigned for girls to be to be educated in her native Pakistan. Malala was seen posing in her hat and gown as she stood by the university, as well as alongside her new husband Asser Malik.
Lod, Israel
Passengers arrive at Ben Gurion airport. Israel is to close its borders to all foreigners in a bid to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus
Kyiv, Ukraine
People visit a monument to Holodomor victims during a commemoration ceremony of the famine of 1932-33, in which millions died of hunger
Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
The A179 near Hartlepool was blocked by an overturned lorry
Forecasters have warned of the “coldest night of the season” for parts of the UK, with temperatures dropping to as low as -10C as Storm Arwen left tens of thousands of homes without power and brought widespread snow.
A fallen tree blocks a road in the centre of Norton village in Teeside
SPAIN —Lava flowed, destroying houses in La Laguna town, as a volcano continued to erupt on the Canary island of La Palma, on Monday. Several new volcanic vents opened in La Palma on Sunday, releasing new lava that flowed fast down a ridge and threatened to widen the impact on evacuated land, infrastructure, and homes.
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Sarah Ransome, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, arrives to the courthouse for the start of Maxwell's trial in New York. Photo / John Minchillo, AP
NO JAB, NO JUICE: A customer enjoys a drink in Bittles Bar in Belfast, as Northern Ireland's Covid-19 certification scheme, which requires people to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter some venues and events, comes into effect. There is a two-week grace period before fines are imposed. Photograph: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker
OMICRON RISK: Passengers in sterile overalls arrive at Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea, as health authorities imposed an entry ban on foreign arrivals from eight African countries, including South Africa, amid attempts to block the entry of Covid-19 variant Omicron. Photograph: Yonhap/EPA
One person in 100 hospitalised with Covid-19 will develop brain complications, a large international study has revealed. Patients developed conditions including strokes, bleeding on the brain and inflammation, according to research being presented tomorrow at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
Disney’s streaming service has been accused of bowing to Beijing by removing an episode of The Simpsons from its new service in Hong Kong that ridiculed Chinese censorship over Tiananmen Square. Disney+ launched the hit US show in Hong Kong this month. However, it did not feature episode 12 of series 16, Goo Goo Gai Pan, in which the Simpson family travel to Beijing.
The former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani. (Reuters/File Photo)
A former Iranian nuclear chief has made the clearest admission to date that the country’s atomic programme was geared towards creating a bomb, despite years of official denials. Iran has always insisted that its nuclear programme was intended for peaceful purposes and that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, had issued a fatwa against the development and use of nuclear weapons. However, in an interview with state media, a former head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation has admitted the existence of a “system” with military capabilities.
Tokyo, Japan
Crown Prince Akishino (centre) sits with his son and daughter in the garden of their Akasaka imperial residence
Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/Imperial Household /JI/AFP/Getty Images
Windsor Castle, England
Princess Anne makes Yvonne Lawson, the founder of a London anti-knife crime charity, an MBE at an investiture ceremony
Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
Barbados cuts ties with UK and becomes a Republic
Several leaders and dignitaries, including Prince Charles, attended the ceremony that began late Monday in Heroes Square where the statue of a well-known British lord was removed last year. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS
Jill Biden’s theme for the 2021 White House holiday season is Gifts from the Heart, 6000 ft of ribbon, 300 candles and 10,000 ornaments were used this year. There were also 41 Christmas trees throughout the White House. Tuesday 30 November 2021
A tree of purple ornaments and natural orchids decorates the Green Room.
Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
A sign on the door warning customers not to wear a face mask reads “We Draw Guns on Masked Visitors” at the 619DW Guns and Ammo store in Merrimack, New Hampshire
Nadi, Fiji
Traditional dancers welcome holidaymakers as the country opens its borders to international travellers for the first time since Covic pandemic swept the globe and devastated Fiji’s tourism-reliant economy. Photograph: Leon Lord/AFP/Getty Images
People attending a vigil embrace at Lake Point Community Church in Oxford, Michigan, 30 November 2021. A fourth student, 17 year old Justin Shilling, died yesterday from wounds he suffered when a sophomore opened fire at a Michigan high school a day earlier. Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images
