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December 24: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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People busy shopping at New market on the eve of Christmas in Kolkata.
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The moon shines behind an illuminated Christmas ornament as an aircraft prepares for landing at the airport in southern coastal city of Larnaca, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

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Palestinian protesters, some dressed as Santa Claus, carry Palestinian flags and chant anti Israel slogans during a protest in front of an Israeli checkpoint, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Christians around the world will celebrate Christmas on Monday. 
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Tourists visit the Ice-Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The Ice-Snow World opened on Sunday in Harbin. Covering an area of 600,000 square meters, the park used 110,000 cubic meters of ice and 120,000 cubic meters of snow this year. 

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A traditional Sikh warrior or Nihang with a huge traditional turban rides a power bike as he participates in the procession to commemorate the killing of Guru Gobind Singh’s sons, in Amritsar.
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Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot pose for a photograh with the newly sworn-in cabinet ministers during a ceremony at Raj Bhawan, in Jaipur.

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President Ram Nath Kovind and First Lady Savita Kovind during the inauguration of Palmatum rock garden & water cascade near Herbal Garden at Rashtrapati Nilayam, in Secunderabad.
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Mount Anak Krakatau as it erupts on Java Strait, Indonesia. Doctors worked to save injured victims while hundreds of military and volunteers scoured debris-strewn beaches in search of survivors, after a deadly tsunami that followed an eruption and apparent landslide on the volcano, one of the world’s most infamous volcanic islands, gushed ashore without warning on Indonesian islands on a busy holiday weekend. 

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people inspect the damage at a tsunami-ravaged village in Sumur, Indonesia. The tsunami that hit the coasts of Indonesian islands along the Sunda Strait was not big but it was destructive. The waves smashed onto beaches in the darkness Saturday night without warning, ripping houses and hotels from their foundations in seconds and sweeping terrified concertgoers into the sea. 
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A man looks for salvageable items among the debris after a tsunami hit beach at Rajabasa Village in South Lampung, Indonesia. The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia rose to 222 with at least 843 others injured, the disaster management agency confirmed on Sunday, while the figures are feared to mount as damage verification goes on.

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A man holding his daughter walks among the debris after a tsunami hit beach at Rajabasa Village in South Lampung, Indonesia. The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia rose to 222 with at least 843 others injured, the disaster management agency confirmed on Sunday, while the figures are feared to mount as damage verification goes on. 
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Women devotees wait outside the Sabarimala temple in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district. 11 women from Tamil Nadu had to be sent back in the face of steep protests mounted by the traditional devotees, who have been up in arms ever since the Supreme Court verdict and have not allowed any breach in the temple’s tradition. 

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People take part in a candle light march demanding justice for Sanjali Chanakya, a fifteen-year-old who was burnt alive in Agra by two unidentified men, in Bikaner, late.
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A boatman holds ice flakes from the partially frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar. Srinagar recorded the coldest night Sunday in past 11 years as the minimum temperature plunged to minus 6.8 degrees celsius, resulting in partial freezing of Dal Lake and water supply lines of residential areas.

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People stage a demonstration against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 that was passed by the Lok Sabha, but is yet to be passed in the Rajya Sabha; in Kolkata.
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A couple of Honduran migrants climb to the top of the U.S. border fence to look inside the United States to San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. 

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Women make corn tortillas at Jakelin Caal Maquin grandfather’s house in San Antonio Secortez, Guatemala. The body of Caal Maquin, 7, who died while in custody of the U.S. Border Patrol, arrived in her native Guatemala on Sunday and was being driven hours into the countryside to be handed over to family members for a last goodbye.
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Bodies being removed after eight persons, including seven women, were killed in a vehicle pileup due to dense fog on the Rohtak-Rewari highway near Haryana’s Jhajjar. At least 10 others were injured in the accident in which over 20 vehicles were involved. 

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