Day in Photos: Floods and Landslides in Sumatra, Mass Wedding, and ‘The Desert Rose’ Diamond
Villagers use a makeshift cable car to cross a river after the bridge was destroyed by a flash flood in Bireuen, Indonesia's Aceh province, on Dec. 2, 2025. The death toll from floods and landslides that have struck Sumatra island since last week has risen to 712, said the National Disaster Management Agency. Amanda Jufrian/AFP via Getty Images
Villagers use a makeshift cable car to cross a river after the bridge was destroyed by a flash flood in Bireuen, Indonesia's Aceh province, on Dec. 2, 2025. The death toll from floods and landslides that have struck Sumatra island since last week has risen to 712, said the National Disaster Management Agency. Amanda Jufrian/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Floods and Landslides in Sumatra, Mass Wedding, and ‘The Desert Rose’ Diamond

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Vehicles slowly move during a storm on Interstate 78 in Kutztown, Pa., on Dec. 2, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP Photo
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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa (3rd L) and First Lady Lavinia Valbonesi applaud at the Carondelet Palace during a traditional serenade in Quito, on Dec. 2, 2025, on the Ecuadorian capital's founding anniversary. Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images
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An aerial view shows a cluster of farmers' houses surrounded by tea estates along a hillside in Nuwara Eliya, 60 miles east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 2, 2025. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, meets with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 2, 2025. Alexander Kazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A worker sets lights on a Christmas tree in front of the Neptune fountain at Piazza del Popolo in central Rome, Italy, on Dec. 2, 2025. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images
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A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II makes a low pass at Mercedita International Airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 2, 2025. The Trump administration continues to carry out strikes in the Caribbean against boats suspected of transporting illicit drugs. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enters the Dail Chamber to make a special speech in a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament in Leinster House, Dublin, during a visit to the Irish capital, on Dec. 2, 2025. Tony Maxwell/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A member of the new German federal police anti-drone unit aims an electronic frequency jammer during a demonstration at the unit's inauguration in Ahrensfelde, Germany, on Dec. 2, 2025. Germany has experienced a number of drone fly-overs at military bases, critical infrastructure, and airports over recent months. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A resident walks through thick smog in Pristina, Kosovo, on Dec. 2, 2025. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman carries an umbrella in the rain as she walks past holiday decorations along Sixth Avenue in New York City, on Dec. 2, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
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Some of the 54 brides and grooms gather on a stage during a mass wedding dubbed the “The Dress of Joy,” organized by the Al-Fares Al-Shahm Foundation, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 2, 2025. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images
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People walk through Christmas decorations in central Moscow, on Dec. 2, 2025, in preparation for the New Year and Christmas holidays. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman takes photographs of autumn leaves in Hibiya park in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2025. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
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A horse-drawn hearse arrives for the funeral of Chloe Hipson at Daldowie Crematorium in Glasgow, Scotland, on Dec. 2, 2025. The 21-year-old student was one of five young people killed in a car crash in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Taiwan reservists operate a Sky-Dome drone during a training session at Loung Te Industrial Parks Service Center, in Yilan County, on Dec. 2, 2025. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
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“The Desert Rose,” a 31.86-carat orange-pink pear-shaped diamond, the largest of its kind ever graded, worth an estimated $5 million to $7 million, is on display during Sotheby's “Abu Dhabi Collectors Week” in Abu Dhabi, on Dec. 2, 2025. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images
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Volunteers help unload dry rations from a helicopter to marooned residents in Nuwara Eliya, 60 miles east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 2, 2025. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
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Larry the Downing Street cat sits near a Christmas tree in London on Dec. 2, 2025. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images