Week in pictures 24 December 2022
WASHINGTON DC: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Congress at the US Capitol in Washington as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris hold up a Ukrainian national flag signed by troops from the besieged area of Bakhmut on Wednesday, December 21 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
LUSAIL: Lionel Messi lifts the World Cup trophy as he and the Argentina men's football team celebrate their World Cup victory over France in Lusail, Qatar, on Sunday, December 18 ( Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
MARS: NASA's InSight Mars lander captures one final image of the red planet. "My power's really low, so this may be the last image I can send", the lander tweeted on Monday, December 19 (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
BUENOS AIRES: Supporters of Argentina's national football team fill the streets of Buenos Aires on Sunday, December 18, to celebrate their World Cup victory over France (Rodrigo Abd/AP)
LUSAIL: Kylian Mbappe of France sits after losing to Argentina in the World Cup on Sunday, December 18 (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)
STARI BEZRADYCHI: A Ukrainian firefighter and serviceman inspect a house damaged by a Russian drone attack in Stari Bezradychi, Ukraine, on Monday, December 19 (Felipe Dana/AP)
GRETNA: Korey Miller looks for valuables and family heirlooms in her grandmother's destroyed home in Gretna, Louisiana, on Sunday, December 18 (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP)
MOMBASA: Athletes perform on a beach in Mombasa, Kenya, ahead of the Mombasa Open Tong-IL Moo-Doo International Martial Arts Championship on Monday, December 15. (Patrick Meinhardt/AFP/Getty Images)
POSSESSION ISLAND: Penguins are seen in the early morning of Wednesday, December 21, on Possession Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia (Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images)
BUCHAREST: An honor guard soldier stands at attention on Wednesday, December 21, during a memorial service for those killed in the 1989 anti-communist uprising at University Square in Bucharest, Romania (Andreea Alexandru/AP)