Day in Photos: Landslides in Sri Lanka, Winter Festa, and Scuba-Diving Santa Claus
A damaged road along a landslide-affected area in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, in Badulla, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 12, 2025. Two tropical storms dumped massive amounts of rain on the countries last month, prompting landslides and flooding that killed more than 600 people in Sri Lanka and nearly 1,000 in Indonesia. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Landslides in Sri Lanka, Winter Festa, and Scuba-Diving Santa Claus

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President Donald Trump puts on a hat given to him by the 1980 U.S. Olympic men’s ice hockey team as Trump honors the team in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 12, 2025. Trump honored the ‘Miracle on Ice’ team, who defeated the Soviet Union and went on to win the 1980 Gold medal in Ice Hockey, by signing a bill to award the players congressional gold medals. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Fishermen prepare their net at a port in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 12, 2025. Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images
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