Photos of the Week: London Fog, Scooter Blankets, Giant Snowman

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Photos of the Week: London Fog, Scooter Blankets, Giant Snowman
A person takes a photo in New York City's Central Park, where bare trees all covered in fresh snow, and people are walking over a stone arch bridge.
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A person takes a photo in Central Park after snowfall, Sunday, December 14, 2025, in New York City.
A protester walks next to burning tires that send up a wall of flames.
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A protester walks next to burning tires on a square near the European Parliament, as farmers protest against the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal between the European Union and the South American countries of Mercosur, in Brussels, on December 18, 2025.
An elevated view of a highway with misters attached to poles in the median, spraying the air above traffic.
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Vehicles drive past an anti-smog misting system installed on a road to control air pollution in New Delhi on December 18, 2025.
Dozens of people dressed in Santa Claus costumes ski down a slope together.
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People dressed in Santa Claus costumes ski down South Ridge at Sunday River resort in Newry, Maine, on December 14, 2025, to raise money for the River Fund Maine and the Boyne Forever Foundation.
Lights shine in a small town square in Germany for a Christmas market.
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Lights shine at the Hildesheim Christmas market in a historic square in Germany, on December 17, 2025.
People carry candles during a choir performance, with the person at center wearing a crown of lit candles.
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Members of the London Nordic Choir lead a Lucia procession at St. Cyprian’s Church on December 13, 2025, in London.
Tall illuminated numerals spell out '2026,' seen in New York's Times Square.
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Seven-foot-tall “2026” numerals are displayed after an illumination ceremony in Times Square on December 18, 2025, in New York City.
A large crowd of protesters marches across a bridge in Budapest.
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Protesters walk with torches in their hands on the Chain Bridge on December 13, 2025, in Budapest, Hungary. Péter Magyar, president of the Tisza Party, led the child-protection protest, demanding the government's resignation. The Hungarian press has uncovered systemic abuse, physical assault, and human-trafficking allegations at the Szőlő Street reformatory in the city.
Members of Parliament in Albania scuffle inside a government building, one holding up a lit flare.
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Members of parliament from the Democratic Party, Albania’s biggest opposition party, protest against the government inside the parliament in Tirana, Albania, on December 18, 2025.
A person works beside the open jaw of a sculpture of a prehistoric crocodile.
Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
A 3-D sculpture prototype of “Wadisuchus Kassabi,” a crocodile ancestor that lived about 80 million years ago in Egypt’s Western Desert and is the earliest known member of Dyrosauridae, a group of ancient, long-snouted coastal and marine crocodiles, seen in El Mansoura, Egypt, on December 15, 2025.
An aerial view of a hilltop town in Italy, vaguely shaped like a starfish.
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An aerial view at sunset shows the inhabited center of Centuripe, Italy, facing Mount Etna, on December 14, 2025. The evening view of the hilltop town, with the urban area illuminated, shows a more intense lighting than normal, because of the Christmas period, highlighting its distinctive layout across the surrounding landscape.
A drone view of a new section of border wall being constructed in an Arizona desert
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A drone view of a new section of border wall being constructed in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, on December 16, 2025.
U.S. federal agents smash a car window while trying to detain a man during an immigration raid in Chicago.
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U.S. federal agents smash a car window while trying to detain a man during an immigration raid in Chicago, on December 17, 2025.
A person rides a bicycle past a toppled replica of the Statue of Liberty.
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A replica of the Statue of Liberty, erected by the Brazilian retailer Havan, lies toppled after strong winds struck the city of Guaíba, Brazil, on December 15, 2025.
A cat casts a long shadow inside a ferry terminal.
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A cat casts a shadow at the Kabataş ferry terminal as the sun rises over the Bosphorus strait, in Istanbul, Turkey, on December 18, 2025.
Rugby players hold a teammate high as he catches a ball.
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Swan Rebbadj, a lock for the French club Toulon, grabs the ball in a line-out during the European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 2 match between Toulon and Bath at the Stade Mayol, in Toulon, France, on December 14, 2025.
Two hockey players cross sticks, vying for a puck.
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The Minnesota Wild defenseman David Jiricek and the Washington Capitals center Connor McMichael battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minnesota, on December 16, 2025.
A child touches the glass of a large aquarium, as he looks at at a person dressed as Santa Claus who is scuba diving on the other side of the glass.
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A child touches the glass as he looks at the biologist Felippe Luna, dressed as Santa Claus, swimming among fish at the AquaRio aquarium in Rio de Janeiro, on December 18, 2025.
People walk past tall ice sculptures that are lit in a rainbow of colors.
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Tourists visit the 27th Harbin Ice and Snow World on December 17, 2025, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China.
An aerial view of pink flowering trees on a mountainside
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An aerial view of winter cherry blossoms in full bloom on Wuliang Mountain on December 16, 2025, in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.
A giant snowman sculpture stands at the gate to a park.
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A giant snowman stands at Qunli music park in Harbin, China, on December 15, 2025.
Two people ride on scooters, with custom-made blankets wrapped over their hands, handlebars, and the front of their body.
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Commuters keep warm on their scooters in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, on December 12, 2025.
An aerial view of two tall buildings peeking through a dense layer of fog
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An aerial view of buildings peeking through a dense layer of fog in Sarajevo on December 18, 2025
A double-decker bus crosses Westminster Bridge as fog covers the streets of London.
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A double-decker bus crosses Westminster Bridge as early morning fog covers the streets of London on December 17, 2025.
An aerial view shows piles of uprooted trees from a flash flood, surrounding a mosque.
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An aerial view shows piles of uprooted trees swept away by a flash flood about three weeks ago at Darul Mukhlisin Islamic Boarding School, and the mosque attached to the school, in Aceh Tamiang, northern Sumatra, on December 14, 2025. Devastating floods and landslides have killed 1,006 people in Indonesia, rescuers said on December 13 as the Southeast Asian nation wrestles with the huge scale of relief efforts.
A person stands atop a small building engulfed by floodwater.
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A person stands atop a property engulfed by floodwater on December 14, 2025, in Snohomish, Washington. Atmospheric rivers were expected to continue in the coming days as northern Washington was reeling from historic flooding late last week.
Flamingos walk and feed in a lagoon near Venice.
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Flamingos walk and feed in the Venetian lagoon near San Giuliano Park on December 14, 2025, in Venice, Italy.
A large group of mourners gather at a tribute, standing beside piles of flower bouquets.
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Mourners gather for a tribute at the Bondi Pavilion, in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, on December 15, 2025.
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