Protesters and Highland snow: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • Libourne, France

    People dressed as Père Noël (Father Christmas) and his secretaries read and answer Christmas letters at the Christmas post office near Bordeaux. At this special post office, which turns 62 this year, Père Noël has 60 elf secretaries who answer his mail, while 1.3m letters, including 80,000 emails, are expected to be received in 2024

    People dressed as Père Noël (Father Christmas) sit around a table
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands

    People gather during a demonstration against an arms fair at the Ahoy exhibition centre. Police made several arrests during the protest after people sprayed paint and fake blood on the walls of the exhibition centre

    People sit on the ground outside an exhibition centre
  • London, UK

    Members of the Ngāti Rānana London Maori club perform during a reception for winners of the Queen’s Commonwealth essay competition, at Buckingham Palace

    People perform in a hall for the Queen
  • Aichi, Japan

    Action during the 13th round of the 2024 World Rally Car Championship

    A sports car drives around a bend on a Japanese road
  • Paris, France

    A commuter exits Colonel Fabien Métro station during heavy snowfall. The first flakes of Storm Caetano fell in France, where 54 departments are on ‘orange alert’ for snow, ice and wind

    A woman walks up the steps of a Paris Métro station in the snow
  • Bandung, West Java

    Children help push a motorcycle through a waterlogged road during flooding at Bojong Asih village, caused by a river overflowing after heavy rain, which resulted in hundreds of homes being submerged

    People wade through flood waters in Indonesia
  • London, UK

    Matt Hancock arrives at the Covid-19 inquiry public hearing. The former health secretary was there to give evidence

    Three people stand on the pavement
  • London, UK

    The President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, meets the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, at 10 Downing Street

    Two men shake hands in front of the Indonesian and UK flags
  • Baabda, Lebanon

    Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after an Israeli airstrike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces

    A cityscape moments after an airstrike, with billowing smoke
  • Nahariyya, Israel

    A member of the Israeli security forces carries a piece of a projectile extracted from the site where a rocket, fired from Lebanon, hit an area in the town in northern Israel

    A man carries a piece of rocket debris on an Israeli street
  • Gaza City, Gaza

    A woman looks out of a house damaged in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas

    A woman looks out of a damaged house
  • Nablus, West Bank

    Palestinian gunmen and mourners at the funeral of Jihad Qatouni, who was killed in an Israeli army operation

    Masked armed men and other mourners gather at a funeral
  • New Delhi, India

    National Students’ Union of India activists hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest demanding the arrest of Indian tycoon Gautam Adani over corruption allegations by US prosecutors

    Indian students protest amid a police presence
  • Copenhagen, Denmark

    The sun shines between snow-covered trees at the Hareskoven forested area near the capital

    Sunlight shines through tall thin tree trunks in a forest
  • Loch Shiel, UK

    Snow turns the Glenfinnan viaduct in the Highlands into a winter wonderland. Built from 1897 to 1901, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument and carries the West Highland railway line

    A snowy scene featuring a viaduct and mountains
  • Bangkok, Thailand

    People browse a selection of fashion bags for sale at a shopping mall. The Thai prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, said the country’s economy was likely to expand 2.7% this year and beat the forecast for 2025, as the economy is in a recovery phase driven by the government’s accelerated investment, domestic consumption and a 28% rise in foreign tourists

    People browse a festive display in a Thai shopping mall
  • Chiapas state, Mexico

    Members of the national guard look at people walking through Huehuetán as they head for the Mexico-US border

    People walk towards the US border from the Mexico side
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