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Gisèle Pelicot arrives with her lawyer Stephane Babonneau (L) in front of the courthouse before a verdict is delivered in Avignon, France. Pelicot's ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, and 50 other men were convicted today on charges of raping her over a multi-year period in encounters arranged by Mr. Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious. I December 19, 2024 I Photo by Julien Goldstein - @juliengoldstein I #GettyImagesNews #GettyImages #Reportage

Alida Freding, 19, from Stockholm, plays the role of Lucia as she leads the procession during the Swedish Sankta Lucia Festival of Light service at York Minster in York, England. The Sankta Lucia service, featuring the Chorus Pictor Choir, is a traditional Swedish service combining pagan and Christian traditions. The service, which celebrates the bringing of light during the dark days of winter, celebrates Saint Lucy, a Sicilian girl martyred for her Christian faith in the early fourth century, whose story reached Sweden with the spread of Christianity. I December 16, 2024 I Photos by Ian Forsyth I #GettyImagesNews #Reportage #Photojournalism #SanktaLucia #YorkMinster

Image1. A man gets a shave at a barber shop in Damascus, Syria. Image 2. Children attend class at Suleiman Al-Halabi Elementary School after schools reopened this week. On December 8, rebel forces in Syria retook the capital and several other cities from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who fled the country for Moscow. The fall of the Assad regime marks a new chapter for Syria, which has been mired in a multi-party civil war since 2011, sparked by the Arab Spring uprisings. | December 16-17, 2024 |  Chris McGrath @cmcgrath_photo | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Photojournalism #Syria

Sednaya Prison, also spelled Saydnaya, was among the prisons liberated as rebel forces in Syria seized the capital from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country for Moscow. Believed to be a location where thousands of people were detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade, families soon poured into the prison to find information about detained and missing relatives. Syria has been mired in a multi-party civil war since 2011, sparked by the Arab Spring uprisings. I December 13-14, 2024 I Photos by Chris McGrath @cmcgrath_photo I Scott Peterson @peterson__scott I #GettyImagesNews #Reportage #Photojournalism #Syria⁠

Each week, we will highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week's selections: ⁠ ⁠ 1. Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. I Photo by Jeff Swensen - ⁠@jeffswensen⁠ ⁠ 2. Men pray inside a mosque during the funeral for Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada on December 12, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. I Photo by Chris McGrath - ⁠@cmcgrath_photo⁠ ⁠ 3. Syrians living in Turkey celebrate with opposition flags after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey. I Photo by Serdar Ozsoy - @srdrozsoy⁠ ⁠ 4. A firefighter aircraft drops fire retardant as the Franklin Fire continues to burn on December 10, 2024 near Malibu, California. I Photo by Apu Gomes - ⁠@apugomes⁠ ⁠ 5. A protester holds a black smoke flare in front of the Georgian Parliament during a protest over the results of last month's parliamentary election on December 8, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. I Photo by Aziz Karimov - ⁠@azizkarimov⁠ ⁠ 6. A woman takes a selfie in front of a destroyed tank in Umayyad Square on December 11, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. I Photo by Chris McGrath - @cmcgrath_photo⁠ ⁠ 7. People make a bonfire during 'Los Escobazos' Festival on December 07, 2024 in Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain. I Photo by Aldara Zarraoa - @aldarazn⁠ ⁠ 8. An elderly man braves the cold weather to swim in a frozen lake in the park on December 12, 2024 in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China. I Photo by Weitao Tian⁠ ⁠ 9. Protesters take part in a demonstration against President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly on December 07, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. I Photo by Ezra Acayan - ⁠@ezra_acayan⁠ ⁠ 10. A home destroyed in the Franklin Fire continues to burn on December 10, 2024 in Malibu, California. I Photo by Mario Tama - @mario_tama

Rebel forces in Syria have retaken the capital city of Damascus from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who has fled the country for Moscow. The fall of the Assad regime marks a new chapter for Syria, which has been mired in a multi-party civil war since 2011, sparked by the Arab Spring uprisings. I Photos by Chris McGrath @cmcgrath_photo I #GettyImagesNews #Reportage #Syria⁠ ⁠ 1-4) People carry the coffin of Mazen al-Hamada during a funeral for the Syrian activist on December 12 in Damascus. Rebel forces who seized the capital this weekend said they found Hamada's body in the morgue at Sednaya prison, where it is assumed he was killed shortly before the prison's liberation and the collapse of the Assad regime. Hamada was detained and tortured during the uprising of 2011 and released in 2013, when he received asylum in the Netherlands. In a development that confused friends and family, he returned to Syria in 2020 and disappeared soon after. ⁠ 5) A woman takes a selfie in front of a destroyed tank in Umayyad Square on December 11 in Damascus.⁠ 6) People pour over images of deceased victims of the Assad regime, alongside missing persons posters, as they search for relatives outside a hospital on December 12 in Damascus.⁠ 7) People search for missing relatives that have been missing for years under the Assad regime at a morgue on December 12 in Damascus.⁠ 8-9) Destroyed and looted rooms in Bashar al-Assad's Tishreen Palace on December 12 in Damascus.⁠ 10) A framed picture of Bashar al-Assad is seen shattered in the stairwell of a building at the Mezzeh Air Base on December 12 in Damascus.⁠

Pilgrims carry images of the Virgin of Guadalupe to be blessed with holy water as they make their way to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico. Every December 12th, Mexicans commemorate the anniversary of the day when the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to an indigenous man, Juan Diego, in 1531. Millions of faithful embark in a pilgrimage to the basilica that start several days before to pay their respects and pray in front of an image of the Virgin. | December 11, 2024 | Photos by Hector Vivas - @hvivas24 | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Mexico #OurLadyoGuadalupe #VirgenGuadalupe

A protester holds a black smoke flare in front of the Georgian Parliament during a protest over the results of last month's parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia. The country's president, Salome Zourabichvili, alleges last month's parliamentary election, which was won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, was "stolen" amid Russian interference. l December 8, 2024 l Photos by Aziz Karimov @azizkarimov | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Photojournalism #Georgia #Tbilisi #Election

Actors dressed in Krampus costumes roam the village center during the annual Krampus parade in Seefeld, Austria. 30 Krampus associations from Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland are participating this year. Krampus, in Tyrol also called Tuifl, is a demon-like creature represented by a fearsome, hand-carved wooden mask with animal horns, a suit made from sheep or goat skin and large cow bells attached to the waist that the wearer rings by running or shaking his hips up and down. Krampus has been a part of Central European alpine folklore going back at least a millennium. Since the 17th-century Krampus traditionally accompanies St. Nicholas and angels on the evening of December 5 to visit households to reward children that have been good while reprimanding those who have not. However, in the last few decades Tyrol in particular has seen the founding of numerous village Krampus associations with up to 100 members each who parade without St. Nicholas at Krampus events throughout November and early December. l December 6, 2024 l Photos by Philipp Guelland l #GettyImagesNews #Krampus #Tradition #Austria

Each week, we highlight 10 of the best news images made by our photographers around the world over the last seven days.⁠ Here are this week's selections: ⁠ ⁠ 1. Campaigners embrace each other after a parliamentary vote was passed in support of assisted dying on November 29, 2024 in London, England. | Photo by Carl Court - @carl_court⁠ ⁠ 2. Children enjoy a Christmas show at Kharkiv railway station on December 5, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. | Photo by Ivan Samoilov/Global Images Ukraine⁠ ⁠ 3. South Korean veterans shave their heads in protest against the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, outside the presidential office on December 05, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. | Photo by Ezra Acayan - @ezra_acayan⁠ ⁠ 4. Police place bullet casing markers outside of the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 04, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Spencer Platt - @plattys1⁠ ⁠ 5. Syrian National Army soldiers celebrate after opposition forces led by HTS (Hayyet Tahrir al-Sham) took control of Hama city center and surrounding villages on December 6, 2024 in Hama, Syria. | Photo by Ugur Yildirim/dia images⁠ ⁠ 6. People mourn during a funeral for five Hezbollah fighters who died fighting against Israel on December 3, 2024 in Kherbet Selem, Lebanon. | Photo by Ed Ram - @edr4m⁠ ⁠ 7. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald celebrates with supporters after being elected in the Irish general election at the RDS count centre on November 30, 2024 in Dublin, Ireland. | Photo by Charles McQuillan - @photomcq1⁠ ⁠ 8. Demonstrators shoot fireworks at police during a protest over EU Membership outside the Georgian parliament on November 30, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. | Photo by Daro Sulakauri - @darosulakauri⁠ ⁠ 9. Protesters hold smoke bombs and wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people, on November 30, 2024 in Rome, Italy. | Photo by Antonio Masiello - @antoniomasiello_⁠ ⁠ 10. The Commander of a mobile firing team of the 118th motorized brigade in a newly built trench near the southeastern frontline on December 2, 2024 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. | Photo by Nikoletta Stoyanova - @okumena

A funeral for five Hezbollah fighters who died between September and November 2024 during fighting with Israel was held on December 3, 2024 in Kherbet Selem, Lebanon. Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a truce in late November, aiming to end 13 months of hostilities. It has proven fragile in the days since, with each side accusing the other of violations. I Photos by Ed Ram @edr4m I #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Reportage #Photojournalism

South Korean protesters demonstrate to demand the resignation of the country's president in Seoul, South Korea. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, deploying heavily armed forces into Seoul's streets. South Korean lawmakers voted to lift the declaration and opposition parties submitted an impeachment motion, forcing Yoon to revoke martial law six hours after it began. Since taking office two years ago, Yoon has struggled to push his agenda against an opposition-controlled parliament.| December 03-04, 2024 | Photos by Chung Sung-Jun - @chung_photo | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Photojournalism #SouthKorea