PICTORIAL : Around the world this week

Dec 04, 2021

Plenty of news unfolded in the last seven days. Here is a selection of photos from around the world with events and scenes from the week.

A bronze statue depicting Argentinian football legend Diego Armando Maradona is displayed on the pitch ahead of the Italian Serie A football match between Naples (Napoli) and Lazio Rome (AFP)

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Rihanna Fenty (R) being conferred with the honour of Barbados 11th National Hero by President Dame Sandra Mason (L) during the National Honors ceremony and Independence Day Parade at Golden Square Freedom Park in Bridgetown, Barbados, on November 30, 2021. (Photo by Randy Brooks / AFP)

Traditional dancers in grass skirts welcome holidaymakers in Nadi on December 1, 2021, as Fiji opens its borders to international travellers for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe and devastated its tourism-reliant economy. (Photo by Leon LORD / AFP)

A man walks near a boat which has capsized due to strong winds in Istanbul on November 30, 2021. - Strong winds continue to blow across Istanbul where the Bosphorus strait is temporarily closed to boat traffic. Four people were killed and dozens injured on Monday in Istanbul, which was hit by high winds. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

Lebanese protesters block a road with burning tyres during a protest in the capital Beirut on November 29, 2021, as the country struggles with a deep economic crisis. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)

A man sweeps the snow covering a car in Moscow on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

A young street vendor carries balloons as he waits for customers amid smoggy conditions in Lahore on December 2, 2021. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)

Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul on December 2, 2021, before it is distributed among the less privileged from the local neighbourhood. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

A man painted in white is seen during the final campaign rally for the current President of Gambia and his newly formed political party, National People’s Party’s (NPP), in Banjul on December 2, 2021, two days ahead of presidential elections. - Gambians go to the polls on December 4 to pick a president, in the poor West African country's first elections since ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile nearly five years ago. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)

Entertainer LL Cool J points the way to US President Joe Biden at the 2021 National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse on December 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

A man walks past a line of columns in Beijing on December 2, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)

Trucks belonging to sand miners sit buried by volcanic ash after heavy rains shifted ash from the slopes of Indonesia's most active volcano, Merapi, in Magelang on December 2, 2021. (Photo by AGUNG SUPRIYANTO / AFP)

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine forward Lionel Messi reacts after being awarded the the Ballon d'Or award during the 2021 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on November 29, 2021. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Pope Francis salutes nuns at the end of his general audience at Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

 

A man carries bottles of water through a roadblock on fire made of burnt vehicles and debris on his way to the cut-off locality of La Boucan in Sainte-Rose, in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on November 30, 2021, as France's minister for overseas territories left Guadeloupe at an impasse over ways to end more than a week of violent protests sparked by Covid-19 restrictions. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

Six carriers of the Air Force and Space carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker (1906-1975), covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which are placed her five decorations, as they walk along Soufflot street in Paris, before the American-born French dancer and singer who fought in the French Resistance and later battled racism will enter the French Pantheon during a ceremony that will celebrate a life "placed under the sign of the quest of freedom and justice" on November 30, 2021. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

DPs stand on a lorry towards the gate of the Bakassi IDPs Camp before leaving for their respective home in Maiduguri on November 30, 2021 as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri have vacated their camps ahead of today, dateline for the closure of all Displaced Persons camps by the Borno Government.. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)

 

 

 

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