Week in pictures: 3 - 9 December 2022
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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
A migratory bird pecks at snow-covered red berries in Daqing, China.
Members of the London Nordic Choir lead a Lucia procession at the Swedish ambassador's residence. The annual celebration is a Swedish tradition.
Fans in Tokyo agonise during a World Cup penalty shootout, which Japan lost to Croatia. Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was Croatia's hero, saving three penalties, as his country reached the quarter-finals of the tournament.
A paddle-boarder makes his way through the sea mist as the sun rises over Avon Beach, near Mudeford, Dorset. The UK is in the grip of a severe cold spell, with snow and ice warnings for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of England.
A model practises her walk ahead of Dakar fashion week in Senegal. The event's 20th anniversary is being marked in a preserved colonial-era fort on Goree island, one of Africa's biggest slave-trading centres during the 15th and 16th centuries.
An inspector from the Ukrainian prosecutor's office examines remnants of shells and missiles used by the Russian army to attack the second-largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Ukraine is gathering evidence to try to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes.
Former congressman Barney Frank is greeted by Senator Tammy Baldwin after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act bill, protecting same-sex marriage, in Washington. Frank was the first male member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay and Baldwin is the first openly lesbian member of the Senate.
Demonstrators clash with riot police in Lima during a protest demanding presidential elections and the closure of Congress after the removal of Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo from office.
A swimmer glides through a pool carved out of a frozen lake at Beiling Park in Shenyang, China.
A fox walks outside 10 Downing Street during the weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London.
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