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Alida Freding wears a crown of candles symbolising St Lucy during Sankta Lucia: Festival of Light at York Minster in North Yorkshire, UK. Protesters hold placards during a protest against the bailout of Thames Water at the high court. Customers face paying an extra £250 a year to rescue the failing water company.
Derek Ryan (No 10) of the Edmonton Oilers battles for the puck against Dmitry Kulikov (No 7) of the Florida Panthers as Anton Lundell (No 15) crashes into the boards during the second period of the National Hockey League game at Rogers Place in Alberta. People gather around the body of a stranded short-finned pilot whale that washed ashore. According to the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), five pilot whales were stranded on a beach in Colombo on 16 December. The Sri Lanka navy, along with the NARA and the department of wildlife, drove them back to sea. Alida Freding wears a crown of candles symbolising St Lucy as she leads the celebration of Sankta Lucia: Festival of Light at York Minster, based on the bravery and martyrdom of a young Sicilian girl who died in the early fourth century. The service is run as a partnership between York Minster and York Anglo-Scandinavian Society (YASS). A Palestinian girl shares her portion of food with another girl at a distribution centre south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Katy Perry performs during iHeartRadio Q102’s Jingle Ball 2024 presented by Capital One at the Wells Fargo Center in Pennsylvania. Tom Cruise receives a Navy Distinguished Public Service Award from the US secretary of the navy at Longcross South Studios in Surrey, England. Members of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian army line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of an ‘identification and reconciliation process’ at an army compound
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