Birds, businessmen and a Christmas ballet: photos of the day – Monday

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  • Damascus, Syria

    A view of the destruction in the Eastern Ghouta neighbourhood after the collapse of 61 years of the Ba’ath regime

    An aerial view of a residential area showing many razed buildings and others badly damaged
  • Damascus, Syria

    Weapons surrendered by members of the army and pro-government militias after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad

    A close-up shot of dozens of handguns and a walkie-talkie
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    A woman is comforted outside the Nasser hospital morgue as she mourns by the body of a relative killed in an overnight Israeli bombardment

    A woman in a chador weeps on her knees as two others embrace her
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Palestinian boys inspect the remains of a car after an Israeli strike

    Two boys peer at the twisted metal and gutted interior of a car
  • Magdeburg, Germany

    Tributes left outside St John’s Church to the victims of the attack on the town’s Christmas market on Friday

    Flowers, candles, wreaths and stuffed animals lie in front of a floodlit church
  • Istanbul, Turkey

    A cargo ship lies on its side after an accident during loading at Ambarli port

    A cargo vessel lies on its side in the water next to jetty stacked with shipping containers
  • Tbilisi, Georgia

    An anti-government rally outside parliament

    Demonstrators draped in EU, Georgian and Ukrainian flags stand in a crowd outside the parliament building, which has been decorated for Christmas
  • Nairobi, Kenya

    Young dancers perform a Christmas ballet in the Kibera shantytown

    The male dancers hold female dancers dressed in colourful Santa outfits aloft as a crowd looks on
  • Birmingham, England

    A burnt-out car at the scene of a fire in the Sparkhill neighbourhood

    A burnt-out silver 4x4 vehicle in front of row of shops with a firefighter in the foreground
  • Tokyo, Japan

    The chief executives of Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi attend a press conference on their companies’ merger talks

    Three men in suits gesture against a white background
  • London, England

    Choristers at St Paul’s Cathedral practise for the Christmas Day service, the first to include girls in the choir

    A group of boys and girls dressed in white choristers’ robes hold candles as they sing
  • Pupukea,

    HawaiiA man climbs a tree for a better view of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave surfing event at Waimea Bay

    A man in sunglasses stands in a tree surrounded by foliage
  • Dongying, China

    A flock of migrating birds flies over wetlands at the Yellow River Delta national nature reserve

    A flock of birds flies above a marsh
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