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Scouts parade in Bethlehem along with Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank ahead of Christmas Eve celebrations. IMAGES
Clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and riot police break out again inside Hong Kong malls, on the third consecutive day of chaos over the Christmas holidays. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital sparked a Palestinian general strike and a call for a new intifada on Thursday as fears grew of fresh bloodshed in the region. IMAGES of clashes in Bethlehem
Protesters throw objects at police who use tear gas and water cannons amid demonstrations outside Congress, where lawmakers are debating a swath of liberalizing reforms proposed by budget-slashing President Javier Milei. The measures include declaring a one-year state of economic emergency, allowing Milei to disband state agencies, and privatizing about a dozen public companies including state-owned carrier Aerolineas Argentina. Observers and opposition MPs say dozens of demonstrators and a handful of lawmakers received medical attention. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police during a demonstration near the Israeli embassy in Mexico City. Demonstrators throw metal objects and stones at police, who respond with pepper spray and tear gas. IMAGES
Smoke billows from a night of rioting in New Caledonia, where vehicles were torched and shops looted, over a proposed constitutional reform being debated in the National Assembly in Paris that aims to widen the electorate in the territory's provincial elections and has angered separatists in the French Pacific territory. IMAGES