epaselect epa12598457 People take photo under Christmas Lights decorations in New Taipei City, Taiwan, 17 December 2025. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO
A mourner writes a message on a piece of cloth at the promenade of Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 18, 2025, to honour victims of the shooting that took place there on December 14. The attack at Bondi Beach on December 14 was one of the deadliest in Australian history. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)A handout photo made available by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shows a local man driving a bicycle on a street in Kostyantynivka town in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, 17 December 2025 (issued 18 December 2025), amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Picture: EPA/24 MECHANIZED BRIGADE PRESS SERVICELucky car winner Caroline Ndungwana celebrates, 18 December 2025, as she collects her brand new Chery Tiggo Cross HEV Elite valued at R440 000 which she won in a Citizen competition, at the Chery Northcliff dealership. Ndungwana won the vehicle after subscribing to The Citizen email newsletter. Picture: Michel Bega/The CitizenThai divers dressed as Santa Claus feed sharks during an underwater feeding special event to celebrate Christmas at Sea Life Bangkok aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 December 2025. The Santa Dive underwater feeding sharks and rays performance is held to celebrate Christmas and attract tourists, and it will run until 25 December 2025. Picture: EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRITThis photograph taken on December 18, 2025 shows the partially submerged bell tower of the old church of Sant Roma de Sau, in the reservoir of Sau in Vilanova de Sau in Catalonia. This long-Term project shows an inventory of several sites in Spain which are suffering from drought. Photos of the same places are taken every month over a very long period. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)A police officer is seen through a face cutout in a billboard depicting a rescue firefighter, mounted for children’s souvenir photos during The Lesson from the Interior, a youth-focused workshop series organized at the Ministry of Internal Affairs headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, 17 December 2025. Schoolchildren and high school students, accompanied by their teachers, visited workshops organized by firefighters, traffic police, customs and border police, riot police, and rescue firefighters. Picture: EPA/ROBERT GHEMENTItalian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps members dressed as Santa Claus descend from the roof of the Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital to entertain the hospitalized children in Rome, Italy, 18 December 2025. Picture: EPA/EMANUELE VALERIMembers of Greenpeace Indonesia and Papuan youths stage a protest featuring theatrical performances against a National Strategic Project (PSN), a nationwide government designated development program over a controversial sugarcane plantation plan in Merauke, in Indonesia’s Papua region, outside the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs office in Jakarta on December 18, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili inspects the honor guard with the Serbian president ahead of their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, 18 December 2025. The Georgian president is on an official visit to Serbia. Picture: EPA/ANDREJ CUKICA fisherman rows a small boat on the Yamuna River as seabirds fly overhead amid heavy smog on a winter morning in New Delhi, India, 18 December 2025.. As Delhi’s air quality plunged into the hazardous zone with the season’s thickest smog and AQI levels nearing 500 in several areas, the BJP-led government is enforcing a stringent ‘No PUC, No Fuel’ policy and banning the entry of non-Delhi private vehicles below BS-VI standards starting 18 December 2025, deploying police and transport teams across checkpoints and fuel stations as part of intensified anti-pollution measures. Picture: EPA/RAJAT GUPTAA Flamengo fan shows off rings while watching the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025 match between Paris Saint-Germain and CR Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17 December 2025. Picture: EPA/Andre CoelhoPeople take a selfie during the debut of a new holiday installation, ‘City Hall Winter Lights’ in San Francisco, California, USA, 17 December 2025. The light projections covered both facades of City Hall, and transformed the dome and columns into moving digital scenes, which featured a synchronized musical soundtrack that you can stream directly on your phone. Picture: EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLOA farmer holds signs as farmers stand next to tractors and a fire near the European Parliament at the Place du Luxembourg, during a farmers’ protest to denounce the reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and trade agreements such as the Mercosur, in Brussels, on December 18, 2025, organised by Copa-Cogeca, the main association representing farmers and agricultural cooperatives in the EU. EU Farmers, particularly in France, worry the Mercosur deal — which will be discussed at the EU leaders meeting — will see them undercut by a flow of cheaper goods from agricultural giant Brazil and its neighbours. They also oppose plans put forward by the European Commission to overhaul the 27-nation bloc’s huge farming subsidies, fearing less money will flow their way. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
