World in pictures, December 17, 2025
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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
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Residents perform dances with an image of Our Lady Of Guadalupe during its procession in Veracruz, Mexico. Every December 12th, as in all Mexican territory, residents of Ursulo Galvan in Veracruz celebrate the day of Our Lady Of Guadalupe. Celebrations include processions, dances and a stroll to the image of the virgin on a boat through the La Antigua RiverCredit:Hector Quintanar/Getty Images
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Competitors go around the bend in the Womens 3,000m Open race at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, AustraliaCredit:Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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Army Black Knight cadets celebrate a play during the second half of the 126th America’s Game against Navy Midshipmen at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. The Navy Midshipmen won 17-16. Credit:Ishika Samant/Getty Images
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A council worker wearing a Santa hat sweeps leaves from the area outside the door of 10, Downing Street in London.Credit:Leon Neal/Getty Images
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A man carries a tree branch in the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Izyum lies about 25km west from the frontline and is situated on an important logistical route to Sloviansk, to its southeast. People here expect Russia to intensify its attacks as it advances in the Donbas regionCredit:Diego Fedele/Getty Images
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Michelle Gisin of Team Switzerland in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Downhill Training in St Moritz, SwitzerlandCredit:Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images
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Mist-spraying devices installed by authorities on light poles operate during rush-hour traffic to curb elevated air pollution levels in New Delhi, India. Air quality in the Indian capital remained in the ‘severe’ category, with pollution levels many times above the government’s safe limitCredit:Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images
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Heavy clouds move over Perch Rock Lighthouse and Liverpool Bay, England.Credit:Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
