Two people play the tabletop soccer game Subbuteo at Stephen Morton’s home in Essex, England. Morton’s home is filled with lovingly recreated model pitches, players and fans, as well as an impressive collection of football memorabilia. Each year, it opens its doors on December 29, and invites fellow enthusiasts to compete in the annual Games of Subbuteo.
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Firefighters at Muan International Airport, South Korea, at the site of the wreckage of a Jeju Air plane that crashed during landing on December 29, killing 179 people. The Boeing 737-800, which was traveling from Bangkok, was operated by South Korea’s most popular budget airline. Only two crew members survived the crash, making it the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil.
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A young tourist slides inside a carved ice tunnel at the annual Harbin Ice Lantern art fair in China’s northernmost province, Heilongjiang. At night, during December, the incredible structures intricately created by thousands of artisans are illuminated with colorful lights, making the snow sparkle.
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A man admires the northern lights in the sky above a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk in Russia. A solar storm on New Year’s Day triggered the first dramatic display of this year’s colorful phenomenon, known as the Aurora Borealis.
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Hilde Dossoigne completed her 366th marathon in 2024 in Ghent, Belgium in aid of breast cancer research group BIG. Dossogne broke the unofficial Guinness World Record by completing his 151st consecutive daily marathon in May 2024.
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The world said goodbye to 2024 and welcomed 2025. Several spectacular fireworks displays were held around the world to mark the occasion, including one enjoyed by a family at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Pyrotechnics also lit up the night sky over the famous pyramids at Giza in Egypt – one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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Angela McClements – ‘Where’s Wally?’ Dressed in costume – joins crowds of hardcore revelers celebrating the New Year by taking a dip in the harbor in Carnlough, Northern Ireland, during the annual dive and swim in aid of charity.
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Palestinians look for a place to receive food prepared by a charity kitchen, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Khan Yunis, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
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Police in the US say they believe an explosion outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day was not linked to a deadly car-ramming attack in New Orleans. The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck was killed and seven other people were injured when a vehicle packed with fuel canisters and a fireworks mortar exploded in Las Vegas.
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