Cross-country runners and Syrians’ joy: photos of the day – Monday

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  • New York, US

    The New York Transit Museum is offering rides in 1930s R 1/9 carriages on the Q line in Manhattan on its Holiday Nostalgia Train on Sundays throughout December

    A person wearing a mask and costume covered in reflective, shiny squares beckons in front of a vintage subway carriage
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Palestinians try to clear rubble around the ruins of buildings destroyed in Israeli attacks

    A young boy watches through a hole in a bomb damaged building as Palestinians try to clear rubble in the street outside. A yellow truck with front shovel is pushing through the debris
  • York, UK

    The River Ouse overflowed its banks after Storm Darragh, which brought strong winds to many parts of the country over the weekend

    Brown river water covers streets around historic buildings in the city of York, photographed from above
  • Damascus, Syria

    Syrians gathered at Umayyad Square to celebrate the collapse of the Assad regime

    A man throws a small child into the air as they play, while a smiling woman waves the green, white and black flag of the Syrian opposition. Other people including men wearing red and white checked headdresses stand by in an area landscaped with flowerbeds and bushes, next to a bridge and road. Mountains can be seen in the background against a blue sky
  • Avignon, France

    The feminist collective Les Amazones d’Avignon paste a message of support for Gisèle Pelicot on a wall near the courthouse where the trial of 51 men for her mass rape is taking place

    A group of people, seen from behind, mostly wearing anoraks and many in woolly hats, paste letters onto a yellow wall. It is dark and a car's headlamps are shining towards them
  • Tempuran, Indonesia

    An overflowing river flooded villages after torrential rain in the Mojokerto area of East Java

     the boy stands on the bike's rear rack with his hands on his father's shoulders, and carries a rucksack. His father holds a long pole to the side of them. They are passing single-storey houses with arched roofs and porches
  • Gyeongju, South Korea

    A fishing boat sank off the country’s south-eastern coast after colliding with a sand carrier. Seven crew members of the boat died, with one missing, according to the local coastguard and fire departments.

    Two men in red helmets stand on the upturned hull of a capsized boat; the sea is dark and choppy with white waves around the boat
  • Lo Vásquez, Chile

    Christians make their pilgrimage to a shrine near Valparaíso, walking up to 70km (43 miles) to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and pay homage to the Virgin Mary; some walk the last kilometres barefoot or on their knees

    Men in white robes carry a statue of the Virgin Mary on a litter; she is raised above their shoulders. A crowd is gathered around them taking photographs and throwing red, yellow and pink rose petals
  • Damascus, Syria

    An anti-government fighter prays in the courtyard of the historic Umayyad mosque

    A fighter kneels with his head to the ground in the white stone courtyard. His gun, which appears to be an assault rifle, is laid to his side and he is wearing combat fatigues, army boots and a black scarf with white Arabic lettering
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Supporters of the former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) are stopped by the police outside the Indian High Commission during an anti-India protest

    Police in helmets with visors and carrying riot shields stand behind a fence separating them from an angry-looking crowd of men, some of whom are waving green and red flags
  • Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, toured the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque during his three-day visit to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Cyprus.

    Keir Starmer stands between the mosque's director general, who wears traditional white robes and headdress, and a female tour guide, who wears a long brown robe and headscarf, on a walkway beside a pool of water; they stand in front of white pillars which are ornately decorated with a pattern of flowers and gold sculptural elements at the top; the pillars are reflected in the water
  • Antalya, Turkey

    Competitors in the women’s senior race surge uphill during the 30th SPAR European Cross Country Championships

    Women in shorts and vests with their numbers on run uphill on a path surrounded by rocks
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