December 13, 2024

A rose is placed at the tip of the barrel of an assault rifle held by a Syrian rebel fighter before the first weekly Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad at the Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

A worker rests on baskets used to carry acai fruit after working all night at the Ver-o-Peso wholesale market in Belem, Amazonia region, Para State, Brazil. The Ver-o-Peso market is considered one of the oldest public markets in the country and was elected one of the wonders of the state of Pará and one of the Seven Wonders of Brazil. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)

A student looks through an army anti-tank rocket launcher during the "Weapon and Equipment Display" exhibition organized by the Indian Army as part of "Vijay Diwas" celebrations, at the Punjab State War Heroes Memorial and Museum in Amritsar. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)

A man joyfully tosses a boy into the air as people gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square after the Friday noon prayers in Aleppo to celebrate the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

Two dogs play as people block the Republic Square for 15 minutes to pay their respects for 15 victims of a fatal roof collapse at Novi Sad's railway station in Belgrade, Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rides in a helicopter on the way back from the U.S. embassy to the airport ahead of his departure, in Baghdad, Iraq. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/Pool via REUTERS

Palestinian children queue for food in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A man wearing a mask with the word "Impeachment" written on it waves light sticks as he takes part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, near the National Assembly in Seoul. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

People take shelter inside an underground parking of an apartment building during a massive Russian missile attack across a country, in Lviv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Roman Baluk

An illuminated area of the recently restored western section of Roman Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea is pictured as it reopens to the public after being closed for years, in Rome. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)