A flour fight and Christmas Slaycation: photos of the weekend

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  • London, UK

    Wrestlers participate in the Christmas Slaycation, a live heavy metal and high-flying wrestling show featuring masked performers, at the O2 Arena

    Wrestlers in a ring
  • Rome, Italy

    The cardinal vicar of Rome, Baldassare Reina, opens the Holy Door for the Catholic holy year of the jubilee 2025 in the Basilica of St John Lateran

    A bishop in robes opens a large door
  • Kandahar, Afghanistan

    Women in burqas ride in the back of a vehicle

    Women in burqas ride in the back of a vehicle
  • Muan-gun, South Korea

    Firefighters and rescue personnel at the scene of a plane crash at Muan international airport

    Firefighters and rescue personnel at the scene of a plane crash
  • Muan-gun, South Korea

    Soldiers search for missing passengers near the scene of the plane crash

    Soldiers search in a field of tall grass
  • Frankfurt, Germany

    A person walks with a dog in a park after snowfall

    A person walks with a dog in a park after snowfall
  • Ibi, Spain

    Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in a flour battle. In the 200-year-old traditional winter festival of Els Enfarinats, participants stage a mock coup as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers

    A person is pelted with eggs and flour
  • Chennai, India

    A student poses with her face and hands painted for new year celebrations at a college

    A woman poses with her face and hands painted
  • Marienberg, Cameroon

    A chimpanzee climbs creepers after picking fruit and vegetables brought by volunteers in the Douala-Edea natural park

    A chimpanzee with fruit in its mouth climbs creepers
  • New York, US

    Debutantes take a selfie as they attend the 70th-anniversary International Debutante Ball and Dinner Dance at the Plaza hotel

    Women in dresses pose for a selfie
  • Tbilisi, Georgia

    Mikheil Kavelashvili, elected by lawmakers as Georgia’s new president, takes the oath during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament

    A view of the ceremony from over the shoulders of young observers
  • Calabar, Nigeria

    A participant in the annual Calabar carnival

    A person in a costume featuring a large coin
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    A demonstrator shows a message on her hands reading ‘stop the war’, as relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza gathered in front of the defence ministry to demand a ceasefire

    A woman shows a message on her hands reading ‘stop the war’
  • New York, US

    A man makes a giant bubble in Central Park

    A man makes a giant bubble in Central Park
  • Van, Turkey

    Soldiers maintain their duties in harsh winter weather at the Güllük border post near Iran

    A soldier with a metal detector at the front of a march through snowy terrain
  • Cullercoats Bay, UK

    Early morning swimmers on the north-east coast of England

    Sea swimmers at sunrise
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