Week in pictures 9 December 2023
ASHKELON:
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, after a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas expired, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday, December 2 (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
LAS VEGAS:
Law enforcement officers head into UNLV campus after reports of an active shooter in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, December 6 (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun)
ATHENS:
Firefighters try to extinguish a burning garbage bin, lit by protesters following an anniversary rally marking the 2008 police shooting of 15-year-old student Alexandros Grigoropoulos, in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, December 6 (REUTERS/Louiza Vradi)
OMSK:
Cars drive on the bridge over the Irtysh River in Omsk, Russia, December 7 (REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko)
RAFAH:
Bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on houses, lie on the ground at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, December 7 (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
NASSAU:
Mortuary services personnel transport the body of a female tourist after what police described as a fatal shark attack in waters near Sandals Royal Bahamian resort, in Nassau, Bahamas, on Monday, December 4 (REUTERS/Dante Carrer)
ETNA:
Long streams of red-hot lava flow down Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, as seen from Piazzale Funivia dell'Etna, Italy, on Saturday, December 2 (REUTERS/Etna Walk, Giuseppe Distefano)
CHENNAI:
A volunteer offers food to a resident after his house got partially submerged following heavy rains due to Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, India, on Wednesday, December 6 (REUTERS/Stringer)
TEL AVIV:
A woman puts up a poster on a message board with pictures of hostages, who are being held in the Gaza Strip after they were seized by Hamas gunmen on October 7, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday, December 6 (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
SLAVKOV:
History enthusiasts, dressed as soldiers, fight during the re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, on Saturday, December 2 (REUTERS/David W Cerny)
ASHKELON: Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, after a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas expired, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday, December 2 (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
LAS VEGAS: Law enforcement officers head into UNLV campus after reports of an active shooter in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, December 6 (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun)
ATHENS: Firefighters try to extinguish a burning garbage bin, lit by protesters following an anniversary rally marking the 2008 police shooting of 15-year-old student Alexandros Grigoropoulos, in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, December 6 (REUTERS/Louiza Vradi)
OMSK: Cars drive on the bridge over the Irtysh River in Omsk, Russia, December 7 (REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko)
RAFAH: Bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on houses, lie on the ground at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, December 7 (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
NASSAU: Mortuary services personnel transport the body of a female tourist after what police described as a fatal shark attack in waters near Sandals Royal Bahamian resort, in Nassau, Bahamas, on Monday, December 4 (REUTERS/Dante Carrer)
ETNA: Long streams of red-hot lava flow down Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, as seen from Piazzale Funivia dell'Etna, Italy, on Saturday, December 2 (REUTERS/Etna Walk, Giuseppe Distefano)
CHENNAI: A volunteer offers food to a resident after his house got partially submerged following heavy rains due to Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, India, on Wednesday, December 6 (REUTERS/Stringer)
TEL AVIV: A woman puts up a poster on a message board with pictures of hostages, who are being held in the Gaza Strip after they were seized by Hamas gunmen on October 7, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday, December 6 (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
SLAVKOV: History enthusiasts, dressed as soldiers, fight during the re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, on Saturday, December 2 (REUTERS/David W Cerny)